Table 3 Effects of child characteristics on death outcome upon fitting reduced logit model to MDHS data
Unweighted Reduced Logit Model | Weighted Reduced Logit Model | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2004 DHS | 2010 DHS | 2015 DHS | 2004 DHS | 2010 DHS | 2015 DHS | |
Variable | aOR (p-value) | aOR (p-value) | aOR (p-value) | aOR (p-value) | aOR (p-value) | aOR (p-value) |
Child’s Sex | ||||||
Male\(*\) | ||||||
Female | 0.74 (\(<0.0001\)) | 0.84 (0.004) | 0.81 (0.021) | 0.80 (0.014) | 0.86 (0.022) | 0.80 (0.017) |
Birth order | ||||||
1\(*\) | ||||||
2-5 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
6+ | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Caesarean birth | ||||||
No\(*\) | ||||||
Yes | 1.30 (0.282) | 1.47 (0.009) | 1.56 (0.008) | 1.18 (0.631) | 1.35 (0.076) | 1.56 (0.022) |
Delivery type | ||||||
Singleton \(*\) | ||||||
Multiple | 5.51 (\(<0.0001\)) | 4.58 (\(<0.0001\)) | 4.83 (\(<0.0001\)) | 5.82 (\(<0.0001\)) | 4.43 (\(<0.0001\)) | 4.73 (\(<0.0001\)) |
Birth place | ||||||
Home or other \(*\) | ||||||
Health facility | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Maternal age | ||||||
<20 \(*\) | ||||||
20-34 | 1.03 (0.932) | 1.52 (0.258) | 1.20 (0.725) | 0.98 (0.953) | 1.38 (0.390) | 1.23 (0.704) |
35-49 | 1.21 (0.593) | 2.22 (0.033) | 1.66 (0.334) | 1.18 (0.667) | 1.93 (0.076) | 1.63 (0.380) |
Preceding birth-interval | ||||||
<24 months \(*\) | ||||||
24 to 36 months | 0.54 (\(<0.0001\)) | 0.46 (\(<0.0001\)) | 0.55 (\(<0.0001\)) | 0.57 (\(<0.0001\)) | 0.47 (\(<0.0001\)) | 0.54 (\(<0.0001\)) |
> 36 months | 0.45 (\(<0.0001\)) | 0.42 (\(<0.0001\)) | 0.39 (\(<0.0001\)) | 0.45 (\(<0.0001\)) | 0.46 (\(<0.0001\)) | 0.38 (\(<0.0001\)) |
Contraceptive use | ||||||
Not using \(*\) | ||||||
Using | 0.64 (\(<0.0001\)) | 0.72 (\(<0.0001\)) | 0.60 (\(<0.0001\)) | 0.63 (\(<0.0001\)) | 0.72 (\(<0.0001\)) | 0.58 (\(<0.0001\)) |
Maternal educ | ||||||
No education \(*\) | ||||||
Primary | 0.94 (0.441) | 1.11 (0.177) | 1.12 (0.369) | 0.92 (0.391) | 1.08 (0.419) | 1.14 (0.337) |
Secondary or above | 0.58 (0.007) | 0.95 (0.671) | 1.43 (\(<0.0001\)) | 0.69 (0.139) | 0.85 (0.250) | 0.98 (0.922) |
Maternal job status | ||||||
Not working \(*\) | ||||||
Working | 1.02 (0.773) | 1.08 (0.199) | 1.43 (\(<0.0001\)) | 1.03 (0.754) | 1.08 (0.279) | 1.41 (0.003) |
Residence | ||||||
Urban \(*\) | ||||||
Rural | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Region | ||||||
Northern \(*\) | ||||||
Central | 1.12 (0.420) | 1.25 (0.023) | 1.19 (0.190) | 1.14 (0.419) | 1.37 (0.003) | 1.16 (0.271) |
Southern | 1.13 (0.356) | 1.47 (\(<0.0001\)) | 1.08 (0.552) | 1.24 (0.172) | 1.59 (\(<0.0001\)) | 1.11 (0.438) |
AIC | 4870.06 | 8268.38 | 4285.64 | - | - | - |