From: In search for an explanation to the upsurge in infant mortality in Kenya during the 1988–2003 period
Characteristic | Coefficients | Coefficients | Significance of differences in coefficients for the two periods (t-statistic) (c) |
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period (1988–95) (n = 3115) (a) | period (1996–03) (n = 2150) (b) | ||
Maternal factors | |||
Maternal age at child birth (D) | −0.430 (−1.02) | 0.035 (0.08) | −0.114 |
Baby size at birth (D) | −0.456 (−2.01)*** | −0.367 (−2.40)*** | 5.897*** |
Duration of breastfeeding (D) | 1.032 (5.82)** | 4.179 (8.12)*** | 6.969*** |
Preceding birth interval (D) | −0.402 (−2.29)** | −0.589 (−1.72) | 6.094*** |
Maternal health-seeking factors | |||
Place of delivery (D) | 0.228 (1.16) | 0.103 (0.47) | 2.624* |
Tetanus Toxoid (D) | −0.423 (−1.56) | −0.129 (−0.40) | 0.864 |
Socio-economic factors | |||
Paternal education (years) | −0.052 (−1.19) | 0.015(0.77) | −64.717*** |
Source of water (D) | 0.066 (0.260) | −0.392(−1.30) | −19.901*** |
Type of Toilet Facility (D) | −0.399 (−1.85) | 0.243(0.82) | −2.316** |
Maternal education (Years) | −0.040 (−0.94) | −0.017(−0.38) | 56.965*** |
Ethnicity (D) | −0.192(−0.54) | 0.092 (0.22) | −0.831 |
Household Wealth Index (D) | −0.497(−2.37)** | −0.167 (−0.72) | 1.757 |
Community level factors | |||
HIV regional status (D) | 1.082 (5.15)*** | 0.933 (3.86)*** | 4.289*** |
Malaria endemic region (D) | −1.265(−5.06)*** | −1.332 (−4.78)*** | 3.831*** |