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Table 5 Multivariate multilevel multinomial regression of household-level factors associated with age-specific under-five mortality, 2016/2017 Nigeria MICS

From: Inequities in child survival in Nigerian communities during the Sustainable Development Goal era: insights from analysis of 2016/2017 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey

 

Model 0

Model 3 (household-level factors)

Ref: alive

(N = 30,958)

Intercept-only

RRR (95%CI)

Neonatal mortality (0–27 days)

RRR (95%CI)

Post-neonatal mortality (28 days-11 months)

RRR (95%CI)

Child mortality (12 months to 11 months)

RRR (95%CI)

Fixed effects

 Housing condition

  Inadequate

 

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

  Adequate

 

1.14 (0.93–1.38)

0.82 (0.67–1.01)

0.62 (0.50–0.78)***

 Polygamy

  Yes

 

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

  No

 

1.01 (0.85–1.197)

0.87 (0.73–1.04)

0.78 (0.63–0.95)*

 Household access to drinking water

  Unimproved

 

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

  Improved

 

0.77 (0.62–0.95)*

0.76 (0.63–0.92)**

0.93 (0.75–1.14)

 Household sanitation

  Unimproved

 

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

  Improved

 

1.02 (0.85–1.22)

0.80 (0.64–0.99)*

0.91 (0.75–1.11)

 Indoor pollution

  Polluting fuel

 

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

  Clean fuel

 

0.78 (0.54–1.12)

0.79 (0.51–1.24)

0.20 (0.08–0.50)**

Random effects (community-level)

 Variance (SE)

0.49 (0.05)

0.41 (0.05)

 95%CI

0.41,0.60

0.34, 0.51

 PCV

Ref.

16.3%

 MOR

1.95

1.84

  1. ***p-value< 0.001 **p-value< 0.01 *p-value< 0.05; SE Robust standard error, RRR Relative risk ratio, CI Confidence interval, PCV Proportional change in variance, MOR Median odds ratio