Table 3 Best fitting model for the Standard Cox proportional hazard model
Model I | Model II | Model III | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | HR (95 % CI) | AHR (95 % CI) | AHR (95 % CI) | AHR (95 % CI) |
Sex of the child | ||||
Male | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
Female | 0.83* (0.69, 0.99) | 0.83 (0.68,1.00) | 0.84 (0.70,1.00) | |
Father’s education | ||||
No formal | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
Primary | 0.90 (0.75 ,1.09) | 0.95 (0.77,1.18) | 0.95 (0.78,1.16) | |
Secondary and Higher | 0.66* (0.47,0.92) | 0.73(0.50,1.06) | 0.74 (0.53,1.05) | |
Age at first birth | ||||
Less than 20 years | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
20-29 | 0.84 (0.67,1.07) | 0.86 (0.70,1.06) | ||
30-39 | 1.89 (0.49,7.32) | 1.66 (0.52,5.28) | ||
Number of births in the past one year | ||||
No birth | 1.00 | 1.00- | 1.00- | |
One birth | 1.22* (1.01,1.48) | 1.25* (1.01,1.55) | 1.25* (1.03,1.52) | |
Two births | 2.51* (1.04, 6.09) | 4.57* (1.36,15.32) | 2.76* (1.11,6.85) | |
Sex of household head | ||||
Male | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
Female | 1.33* ( 1.09,1.62) | 1.39* (1.11,1.74) | 1.36* (1.11,1.66) | |
Mother’s age group | ||||
Below 20 years | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
20-29 years | 0.68 (0.46 ,1.01 ) | 0.89 (0.59,1.33) | 0.84 (0.57,1.22) | |
30-39 years | 0.77 (0.51,1.14 ) | 1.00 (0.65,1.52) | 0.94 (0.63,1.39) | |
40+ years | 0.95 ( 0.59,1.51 ) | 1.28 (0.77,2.12) | 1.18 (0.74,1.88) | |
Source of drinking water | ||||
Piped water | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
Borehole | 1.23 (0.92,1.65) | 1.21 (0.92,1.61) | ||
Well | 1.16 (0.82,1.62) | 1.15 (0.84,1.59) | ||
Surface/Rain/Lake | 1.38 (0.95,2.00) | 1.36 (0.96,1.92) | ||
Others | 1.34 (0.79,2.28) | 1.30 (0.80,2.11) | ||
Religion | ||||
Catholic | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
Muslim | 1.05 (0.78,1.43) | 1.05 (0.79,1.39) | ||
Other Christians | 0.95 (0.76,1.18) | 0.96 (0.79,1.18) | ||
Others | 0.64 (0.22,1.86) | 0.69 (0.25,1.89) | ||
Household Frailty parameter (Variance) | =1.78 (0.48) | |||
Community Frailty parameter (Variance) | =0.12 (0.07) | |||
Penalised Marginal loglikelihood | −3025.98 | −3042.18 | ||