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. 2010 Mar 9;10:116. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-116

Table 3.

Measures of association (fixed effects i.e. odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for multivariable multilevel logistic regression models)

Characteristics Model 1
(Migration status)
Model 2
(Demographic)
Model 3
(Socio-economic)
Model 4
(Health care utilization)
Model 5
(Community)
OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)

Migration status
 Rural-urban migrant 1 1 1 1
 Rural non-migrant 2.36 (1.75 - 3.19)* 2.03 (1.50 - 2.75)* 1.43 (1.01 - 2.05)** 0.62 (0.43 -0.89)** 1.89 (1.23 - 2.90)*
 Urban non-migrant 1.67 (1.20 - 2.32)* 1.54 (1.11 - 2.15)* 1.20 (0.95 - 1.51) 1.13 (0.77 - 1.66) 1.35 (0.88 - 2.07)
Birth order/birth interval
 First birth (order 1) 1.16 (0.80 - 1.69)
 Order 2-4 & <24 months 1.13 (0.75 - 1.70)
 2-4 & medium bi 24-47 months 0.77 (0.47 - 1.26)
 Order 2 -4 & 48+ months 1
 Order 5+ & < 24 months 0.59 (0.33 - 1.05)
 Order 5+ & 24- 47 months 0.64 (0.41 - 0.97)*
 Order 5+ & 48+ months 0.98 (0.57 - 1.67)
Sex of child
 Female 1.03 (0.82 - 1.30)
 Male 1
Mother's age
 15 - 18 0.50 (0.22 - 1.12)
 19 - 23 0.81 (0.54 - 1.21)
 24 - 28 1
 29 - 33 1.08 (0.75 - 1.55)
 ≥ 34 1.54 (1.03 - 2.30)*
Mother's age at birth of first child
 18 years or less 0.74 (0.56 - 0.99)**
 19+ 1
Marital status
 Single 1.29 (0.53 - 3.15)
 Divorced 1
 Married 0.85 (0.49 - 1.47)
Mothers' education
 No education 0.72 (0.50 - 1.03)
 Primary 0.97 (0.69 - 1.36)
 Secondary or higher 1
Mothers' occupation
 Not working 0.57 (0.34 - 0.94)*
 Agricultural self-employed/agric- ultural employee/household & domestic/unskilled manual occupations 0.82 (0.45 - 1.48)
 Clerical/sales/services/skilled manual 0.57 (0.35 - 0.93)*
 Professional/Technical/Management 1
Wealth index
 Poorest 0.45 (0.26 - 0.77)
 Poorer 0.43 (0.26 - 0.70)*
 Middle 0.62 (0.41 - 0.95)*
 Richer 0.54 (0.37 - 0.78)*
 Richest 1
Received tetanus toxoid injection during pregnancy
 No 0.49 (0.33 - 0.71)*
 Yes 1
Place of delivery
 Home 0.67 (0.48 - 0.93)**
 Hospital facility 1
Received prenatal care by doctor
 No 0.82 (0.59 - 1.13)
 Yes 1
Region of residence
 North Central 1.11 (0.67 - 1.85)
 North East 0.57 (0.30 - 1.11)
 North West 0.51 (0.25 - 1.01)
 South East 0.61 (0.32 - 1.14)
 South South 0.48 (0.26 - 0.92)
 South West 1
Community prenatal care by doctor
 Low 1.37 (0.79 - 2.39)
 High 1
Community hospital delivery
 Low 0.48 (0.28 - 0.82)*
 Middle 1
 High 1.43 (0.88 - 2.33)
Community mothers' education
Low 0.76 (0.51 - 1.12)
Middle 1
High 0.89 (0.60 - 1.32)