Table 4 Factors associated with infant mortality in Nepal in 2006 (unadjusted and adjusted odds ratio)

 Region

0.002

0.022

 Far-Western

1.770

1.019

3.074

0.043

1.498

0.903

2.483

0.116

 Mid-Western

1.931

1.233

3.024

0.004

1.818

1.061

3.118

0.030

 Western

0.866

0.446

1.682

0.669

0.810

0.387

1.696

0.573

 Central

0.985

0.631

1.539

0.948

1.053

0.632

1.754

0.842

 Eastern

1.000

1.000

 Ecological Zone

0.004

0.004

 Terai

0.553

0.300

1.020

0.058

0.687

0.384

1.229

0.204

 Hill

0.361

0.188

0.692

0.002

0.425

0.216

0.834

0.013

 Mountain

1.000

1.000

 Delivery Assisted

0.014

0.012

 Some assistance

0.517

0.360

0.874

0.014

0.496

0.288

0.855

0.012

 No assistance

1.000

1.000

 Maternal occupation

0.003

0.016

 Unemployed

0.466

0.284

0.767

0.003

0.537

0.324

0.889

0.016

 Employed

1.000

1.000

 Maternal Education

0.008

 No education

2.194

1.335

3.606

0.022

 Incomplete

1.677

0.878

3.205

0.116

 primary/Primary Incomplete Secondary/Secondary

1.000

 Paternal Education

0.025

 No education

2.199

1.240

3.898

0.007

 Incomplete

1.659

0.929

2.962

0.086

 primary/Primary

1.517

0.844

2.724

0.162

 Incomplete Secondary/Secondary Higher

1.000

 Maternal Literacy

0.026

 Unable to read at all

1.469

1.047

2.061

0.026

 Able to read parts or whole sentence

1.000

 Wealth Index

0.049

 Poorest

1.905

0.946

3.835

0.071

 Poorer

1.371

0.644

2.921

0.411

 Middle

1.845

0.847

4.019

0.122

 Richer

1.081

0.534

2.191

0.827

 Richest

1.000

 Biomass use

0.001

0.002

 Relatively non-polluting

0.208

0.088

0.490

0.001

0.237

0.099

0.571

0.002

 Relatively high polluting

1.000

 Decision Making on own

0.012

 health care need

 Respondent alone

0.498

0.299

0.828

0.008

 Respondent and

0.796

0.514

1.234

0.306

 Husband/partner/other

1.143

0.767

1.701

0.509

 Husband/Partner Alone/Someone Else

1.000

 Decision Making capacity on money expenditure

0.019

 Respondent alone

0.203

0.071

0.581

0.003

 Respondent and

0.383

0.130

1.124

0.080

 husband/partner/other

0.370

0.140

0.980

0.046

 Husband/Partner Alone

1.000

 Someone Else

 Maternal BMI

0.067

 Underweight

2.693

1.161

6.246

0.021

 Normal range

2.459

1.131

5.345

0.023

 Overweight/Obese

1.000

 Mother’s age at marriage

0.093

 <16 years

2.208

1.016

4.797

0.045

 17–21 years

1.803

0.851

3.819

0.123

 >22 years

1.000

 Mother’s age at child birth

0.074

 <16 years

1.854

1.080

3.184

0.026

 17–21 years

1.449

0.941

2.231

0.092

 >22 years

1.000

 Sex of child

0.419

 Male

0.875

0.633

1.211

0.419

 Female

1.000

 Birth order

0.003

 >4^th birth rank

0.754

0.507

1.121

0.162

 2^nd or 3^rd birth

0.535

0.375

0.764

0.001

 1^st birth rank

1.000

 Preceding Birth Interval

0.001

 <=24 months

2.240

1.592

3.153

0.001

 >24 months

1.000

 Succeeding Birth Interval

0.001

0.001

 <=24 months

5.653

3.729

8.569

0.001

6.694

3.757

11.92

0.001

 >24 months

1.000

1.000

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 Baby’s size at birth

0.027

 Very large/larger than

0.516

0.304

0.877

0.015

 average

0.566

0.358

0.895

0.015

 Average

1.000

 Very small or smaller than average

 Place of delivery

0.027

 Home

1.781

1.108

2.863

0.017

 Health Facility

1.000

 Delivery assisted by

0.001

0.016

 Professional

0.276

0.127

0.599

0.001

0.374

0.148

0.944

0.038

 TBA

0.522

0.312

0.873

0.014

0.619

0.306

1.254

0.182

 Combined

1.593

0.639

3.972

0.315

2.027

0.710

5.782

0.185

 No assistance

1.000

1.000

 Mode of Delivery

0.060

 Normal delivery

3.520

0.945

13.108

0.060

 Caesarean Section

1.000

 Currently breastfeeding

0.001

0.001

 No

1.773

1.333

2.358

0.001

2.650

1.928

3.645

0.001

 Yes

1.000

1.000