Table 4.

Associations between education of head of household and child mortality in relation to other measures of socioeconomic position.

Education: head of household	Model A OR (95% CI)	Model B OR (95% CI)
	adjusted for age, sex, state†	+ adjusted for caste†
no schooling	1	1
1–8 years	0.92 (0.84 – 1.02)	0.95 (0.86 – 1.05)
9 years or more	0.54 (0.48 – 0.62)	0.58 (0.51 – 0.66)
Caste * education interaction		p = 0.15
	adjusted for age, sex, state†	+ adjusted for household wealth†
no schooling	1	1
1–8 years	0.92 (0.84 – 1.02)	1.05 (0.95 – 1.16)
9 years or more	0.54 (0.48 – 0.62)	0.80 (0.69 – 0.91)
Household wealth * education interaction		p = 0.54
	adjusted for age, sex, state†	+ adjusted for urbanization†
no schooling	1	1
1–8 years	0.92 (0.84 – 1.02)	0.95 (0.86 – 1.05)
9 years or more	0.54 (0.48 – 0.62)	0.58 (0.51 – 0.66)
Urbanization * education interaction		p = 0.54
	adjusted for age, sex, state†	+ adjusted for caste, household wealth & urbanization†
no schooling	1	1
1–8 years	0.92 (0.84 – 1.02)	1.06 (0.96 – 1.17)
9 years or more	0.54 (0.48 – 0.62)	0.81 (0.70 – 0.93)

^†A random intercept was specified at the PSU (primary sampling unit) level in each model