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. 2025 Aug 22;16:7840. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-61350-8

Table 4.

Multinomial subgroup analysis

# Characteristics Medium utilization (n = 1857) vs highest utilization (n = 5682) subgroup Lowest utilization (n = 1768) vs highest utilization (n = 5682) subgroup
OR (95% CI) p-value OR (95% CI) p-value
1 Child gender
Female Ref Ref
Male 1.06 (0.85–1.33) 0.558 1.12 (0.88–1.41) 0.336
2 Mother’s current age 0.96 (0.94–0.98) <0.001*** 0.92 (0.90–0.95) <0.001***
3 Mother’s marital status
Never in union Ref Ref
Married/living with partner 1.36 (0.74–2.49) 0.333 1.64 (1.00–2.67) 0.067
Widowed/divorced/separated 1.06 (0.54–2.07) 0.869 2.02 (1.07–3.83) 0.018*
4 Maternal parity 1.18 (1.10–1.27) <0.001*** 1.30 (1.21–1.41) <0.001***
5 Mother’s employment status
No Ref Ref
Yes 1.08 (0.84–1.39) 0.465 0.60 (0.47–0.78) <0.001***
6 Mother’s education level
No education Ref Ref
Primary 0.69 (0.54–0.87) 0.002** 0.31 (0.24–0.41) <0.001***
Secondary 0.42 (0.30–0.59) <0.001*** 0.09 (0.06–0.14) <0.001***
Higher 0.19 (0.06–0.61) 0.002** 0.00 (0.00–0.00) <0.001***
7 Wealth quintile
Lowest Ref Ref
Low 0.79 (0.58–1.07) 0.075 0.79 (0.56–1.10) 0.136
Middle 0.74 (0.56–1.10) 0.042* 0.51 (0.37–0.70) <0.001***
High 0.49 (0.34–0.69) <0.001*** 0.48 (0.32–0.72) 0.002**
Highest 0.52 (0.30–0.88) 0.013* 0.23 (0.12–0.43) <0.001***
8 Place of residence
Rural Ref Ref
Urban 0.68 (0.51–0.92) 0.009** 0.37 (0.27–0.51) <0.001***

Multinomial logistic regression models were fitted. All p-values are based on two-sided Wald tests.

Ref reference group for the given variable, OR odds ratio, 95% CI 95% confidence interval.

*p-value < 0.05, **p-value < 0.01, ***p-value < 0.001.