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Table 2 Parameter estimates of measurement variables of the continuum of care for maternal and newborn health care of 12 sub Saharan Africa countries (n = 137,505)

From: Associations in the continuum of care for maternal, newborn and child health: a population-based study of 12 sub-Saharan Africa countries

Code

Variable

Std. est.a

Std. err.

p-value

VACCINAT

ADEQUATE IMMUNIZATION

Polio0

Polio 0

0.52b

-

-

BCG

BCG

0.79

0.002

<0.001

DPT1

DPT 1

0.90

0.002

<0.001

Polio1

Polio 1

0.72

0.001

<0.001

DPT2

DPT 2

0.93

0.002

<0.001

Polio2

Polio 2

0.74

0.002

<0.001

DPT3

DPT 3

0.83

0.002

<0.001

Polio3

Polio 3

0.57

0.002

<0.001

measle

Measles

0.69

0.002

<0.001

POSTNAT

ADEQUATE POSTNATAL CARE

POSTCHEC

PNC after delivery

0.99b

-

-

POSTIME

PNC in 24 h after delivery

0.66

0.001

<0.001

DISCHEC

Checked before discharge

0.98

0.001

<0.001

BABYPOST

Newborn care after birth

0.31

0.002

<0.001

BABYTIME

Newborn care in 24 h after birth

0.29

0.001

<0.001

BABYPROF

Skilled newborn care after birth

0.34

0.002

<0.001

DELIVERY

ADEQUATE DELIVERY CARE

FACDELIV

Delivered at the facility

0.97b

-

-

PROFDELV

Skilled birth attendance

0.87

0.001

<0.001

CSECTION

Caesarean section

0.18

0.001

<0.001

ANTENAT

ADEQUATE ANTENATAL CARE

ANC

ANC contact

0.96b

-

-

ANC4

≥4 ANC visits

0.46

0.002

<0.001

ANCTRI

First trimester visit

0.28

0.002

<0.001

ANCPROF

Skilled ANC

0.79

0.001

<0.001

ANCFAC

Health facility-based ANC

0.88

0.001

<0.001

ANCSERV

Essential ANC services

0.33

0.001

<0.001

PERSONAL

INDIVIDUAL & FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

MARITAL

Marital status

0.07

0.001

<0.001

AGEGRP

Age group

0.40

0.009

<0.001

BORD

Birth order

1.63

0.03

<0.001

HHNO

Family size

−0.03

0.002

<0.001

UNDER5NO

No. of under-5 children

0.09

0.002

<0.001

COMMUN

COMMUNITY’S CHARACTERISTICS

COUNTRY

Country

1.00

0.007

<0.001

REGION

Province

0.96

0.08

<0.001

STRATA

Residence

0.95

0.42

<0.001

SES

SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS

EDUCAT

Mother’s education

0.77

0.002

<0.001

WEALTH

Wealth index

0.61

0.004

<0.001

MEDIA

Media exposure

0.55

0.003

<0.001

WOMJOB

Mother’s employment

−0.07

0.004

<0.001

MANJOB

Father’s employment

0.01

0.004

0.008

MANEDUC

Father’s education

0.68

0.003

<0.001

BABY

BABY’S CHARACTERISTICS

BABYSIZE

Size at birth

0.01

0.003

<0.001

BABYSEX

Sex

−0.000

0.001

0.522

AGEYRS

Age in years

−0.95

0.003

<0.001

AGEMTHS

Age in months

−1.03

0.04

<0.001

  1. a The Full Information Maximum Likelihood estimation procedure took into account the missing at random (MAR) and missing completely at random (MCAR) data
  2. b Reference indicator (with a unit factor loading) to set the scale of each of the endogenous latent (ETA) variables of the model; Std. est., standardized estimate; Std. err., standard error
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