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. 2023 Feb 25;9(3):e13848. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13848

Table 3.

Relative risk estimates for analysis of under-five child death in Bangladesh using the Poisson regression model.

Variables Overall Mother’s attitude towards domestic violence (beating by husband’s)
Mother had been physically attacked
Not justified Somewhat Justified Justified Yes No
Mother’s education
No Education(R) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Primary 0.90** 0.88** 0.97 0.80 1.19 0.88***
Secondary 0.84*** 0.81*** 0.95 0.71 1.70 0.83***
Higher Secondary+ 0.713*** 0.69*** 0.73 0.64 1.14 0.70***
Mother’s age at first marriage (in years)
<18 (R) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
18+ 0.97 1.02 0.88 0.91 0.83 0.98
Mother’s internet use
No (R) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Yes 0.83** 0.83* 0.77 1.13 1.20 0.82***
Place of residence
Urban (R) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Rural 1.035 0.99 1.08 2.08** 0.78 1.05
Division
Barishal (R) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Chattogram 1.11 1.10 1.21 1.75 1.21 1.12
Dhaka 1.38*** 1.27** 1.61*** 2.35 1.65 1.37***
Khulna 1.55*** 1.45*** 1.78*** 2.99 1.51 1.56***
Mymenshing 1.46*** 1.32** 2.01*** 1.79 1.00 1.47***
Rajshahi 1.52*** 1.57*** 1.47** 1.49 1.68 1.51***
Rangpur 1.38*** 1.42*** 1.20 2.31 1.67 1.36***
Sylhet 1.35*** 1.27* 1.59** 2.29 1.04 1.35***
Wealth index
Poor (R) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Middle 0.93* 0.93* 0.94 0.85 1.01 0.92*
Upper 0.73*** 0.71*** 0.83 0.63 0.55 0.74***
Mother's age at first birth (in years)
<20 (R) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
20+ 0.78*** 0.78*** 0.81** 0.70 0.67 0.79***
Gender of child
Boy(R) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Girl 0.68*** 0.68*** 0.69*** 0.68** 0.94 0.67***
Children ever born
1-2 child (R) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
3-6 child 6.42*** 6.14*** 7.69*** 4.91*** 7.10*** 6.38***
7+ 13.30*** 11.50*** 17.52*** 14.43*** 22.48*** 12.90***
Access to mass media
No access at all 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Limited access 0.80*** 0.78*** 0.95 0.55*** 0.91 0.80***
Full access 0.39*** 0.38*** 0.55* 0.01 0.76 0.38***

Source: Author’s elaboration using MICS 2019 survey dataset.Note: R = Reference Category, *p < 0.10, **p < 0.05; ***p < 0.01.