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

Patrick Opiyo Owili; Miriam Adoyo Muga; Yiing-Jenq Chou; Yi-Hsin Elsa Hsu; Nicole Huang; Li-Yin Chien

doi:10.1186/s12889-016-3075-0

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	0.52^b	-	-
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	0.99^b	-	-
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	0.97^b	-	-
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	0.96^b	-	-
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

^a The Full Information Maximum Likelihood estimation procedure took into account the missing at random (MAR) and missing completely at random (MCAR) data
^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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