From: Prevalence and determinants of childhood mortality in Nigeria
Variable | IRR | Std.err | 95% CI | P |
---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 1.081 | 0.004 | 1.073–1.089 | <0.001*** |
Region | ||||
 North Central (ref) | 1 |  |  |  |
 North East | 1.215 | 0.114 | 1.012–1.460 | 0.037*** |
 North West | 1.383 | 0.123 | 1.161–1.647 | <0.001*** |
 South East | 1.760 | 0.203 | 1.405–2.205 | <0.001*** |
 South South | 1.341 | 0.145 | 1.086–1.657 | 0.007*** |
 South West | 1.364 | 0.140 | 1.117–1.667 | 0.002*** |
Residence | ||||
 Urban (ref) | 1 |  |  |  |
 Rural | 1.283 | 0.083 | 1.130–1.458 | <0.001*** |
Education | ||||
 No Education (ref) | 1 |  |  |  |
 Primary | 0.733 | 0.046 | 0.648–0.830 | <0.001*** |
 Secondary | 0.603 | 0.048 | 0.515–0.705 | <0.001*** |
 Tertiary | 0.541 | 0.074 | 0.413–0.707 | <0.001*** |
Wealth Index | ||||
 Poorest (ref) | 1 |  |  |  |
 Poorer | 0.973 | 0.053 | 0.875–1.083 | 0.619 |
 Middle | 0.889 | 0.071 | 0.760–1.040 | 0.141 |
 Richer | 0.625 | 0.054 | 0.527–0.742 | <0.001*** |
 Richest | 0.510 | 0.059 | 0.406–0.641 | <0.001*** |
Age at 1st birth (years) | 0.926 | 0.006 | 0.914–0.938 | <0.001*** |
Religion | ||||
 Christianity (ref) | 1 |  |  |  |
 Islam | 1.184 | 0.108 | 0.990–1.416 | 0.064 |
 Traditionalist | 1.432 | 0.142 | 1.179–1.740 | <0.001*** |
Employment | ||||
 No (ref) | 1 |  |  |  |
 Yes | 1.096 | 0.054 | 0.996–1.207 | 0.061 |