Table 3 Posterior estimates of the fixed effects

Gender

   Male

Reference

   Female

0.226

0.035

0.157

0.294

Maternal Education

   No formal education

Reference

   Primary

0.153

0.056

0.043

0.263

   Secondary

0.209

0.054

0.103

0.315

   Higher

0.253

0.091

0.074

0.432

Wealth quantile

   Poorest

Reference

   Poorer

0.106

0.049

0.009

0.203

   Middle

0.177

0.056

0.067

0.287

   Rich

0.277

0.066

0.147

0.407

   Richest

0.409

0.082

0.249

0.569

Source of water

   Unimproved

Reference

   Improve

0.078

0.037

0.006

0.151

Toilet facility

   Unimproved

Reference

   Improve

0.100

0.042

0.017

0.182

Residence

   Urban

Reference

   Rural

0.169

0.041

0.089

0.250

Mass media usage

   No

Reference

   Yes

0.077

0.039

0.000

0.155

Frequency of Antenatal care visit

   No visit

0.474

0.064

0.348

0.600

   2-4

Reference

   \(5+\)

0.071

0.044

-0.015

0.156

Frequent postnatal care visit

   No

Reference

   Yes

0.246

0.065

0.118

0.374

Child was being breastfed

   Yes

Reference

   No

-3.207

0.064

-3.332

-3.082

Place of delivery

   Health facility

Reference

   Home

0.220

0.042

0.137

0.303

Mother has being working in the last 12 months

   No

Reference

   Yes

0.181

0.038

0.106

0.255

Marital status

   Never Married

Reference

   Married

0.394

0.053

0.290

0.499

   Divorced/Spouse Diseased/Separated

0.388

0.116

0.160

0.617

Religion

   Other Christian

Reference

   Catholic

0.264

0.079

0.109

0.420

   Islam

0.139

0.049

0.043

0.234

   Traditional

0.156

0.312

-0.444

0.778

   Others

0.414

0.374

-0.303

1.166

Birth

   Single birth

Reference

   Multiple birth

-0.875

0.077

-1.025

-0.724

Birth orders

   First birth

0.103

0.055

-0.006

0.212

   2-4

Reference

   5+

-0.046

0.047

-0.139

0.047

Mode of delivery

   Normal

Reference

   Cesarean

0.040

0.116

-0.187

0.269

Tetanus Injection

   No

Reference

   Yes

0.531

0.043

0.447

0.615

Household have bednet

   No

Reference

   Yes

-0.178

0.044

-0.264

-0.093

Children sleeps under bednet

   No

Reference

   Yes

0.529

0.042

0.446

0.611

Who decide health care use

   Respondent alone

Reference

   Both

0.160

0.056

0.051

0.269

   Spouse

0.230

0.050

0.132

0.327

   Someone else

-0.226

0.341

-0.887

0.451

Access to health care

   Limited Access

Reference

   Full Access

-0.038

0.292

-0.603

0.543