In search for an explanation to the upsurge in infant mortality in Kenya during the 1988–2003 period

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Table 5 Changes in infant mortality rate had each time period experienced the same value of explanatory variables

Characteristic	Mean values for 1988-95	Mean values for 1996-03	β’s for 1988-95	β’s for 1996-03	Change in IMR if 1988/95 had the same mean value of this variable as the 1996/03 period	Change in IMR if 1996/03 had the same mean value of this variable as the 1988/95 time period
Maternal factors
Maternal age at child birth (D)	1.672	1.688	0.011	−0.077	−0.010	−0.080
Baby size at birth (D)	0.818	0.816	−0.122	−0.0568	−0.014	0.007
Duration of breastfeeding (D)	0.81	0.908	0.858	3.053	−4.838	19.375
Preceding birth interval (D)	0.699	0.736	−0.294	−0.373	0.626	−0.894
Maternal health-seeking behaviour
Place of delivery (D)	0.624	0.593	0.284	0.207	0.507	−0.416
Tetanus Toxoid (D)	0.883	0.867	−0.251	−0.174	−0.231	0.180
Socio-economic factors
Paternal education (years)	5.471	5.789	0.005	0.011	−0.091	0.227
Source of water (D)	0.268	0.299	0.075	−0.31	−0.134	−0.622
Type of Toilet Facility (D)	0.795	0.812	−0.399	0.082	0.390	0.090
Maternal education (Years)	5.149	5.49	−0.057	−0.019	1.118	−0.420
Ethnicity (D)	0.867	0.882	−0.146	0.096	0.126	0.093
Household Wealth Index (D)	0.558	0.58	−0.373	−0.177	0.472	−0.252
Community level factors
HIV regional status (D)	1.364	1.429	0.829	0.899	−3.101	3.784
Malaria endemic region (D)	0.345	0.421	−1.21	−1.405	5.292	−6.915
Sum					0.112	14.159
IMR	0.0613	0.0696
P*(1-P)	0.0575	0.0648

Notes: D denotes dichotomous variable. Source: Primary analysis of the merged KDHS dataset 1993–2003.
Source: Primary analysis of the merged KDHS dataset 1993–2003.

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