Fixed-effects Multinomial Logistic Regression Model Results of the Relationship Between sub-Saharan African Children’s Outcomes (Vital Status, Recent Illness, and Stunting) and Mothers’ Retrospective Reports of whether the Child Resulted from a Mistimed or Unwanted Pregnancy versus an Intended Pregnancy

	Child Mortality Sample								Child Health Sample
	Mistimed				Unwanted				Mistimed				Unwanted
	Odds Ratio	Coeff.	Sig.	S.E.	Odds Ratio	Coeff.	Sig.	S.E.	Odds Ratio	Coeff.	Sig.	S.E.	Odds Ratio	Coeff.	Sig.	S.E.
Child Vital Status
Deceased
Died in infancy	0.82	−0.20	***	0.03	0.84	−0.17	***	0.04
Died in toddlerhood	0.62	−0.48	***	0.07	0.65	−0.43		0.08
Alive (reference group)	--				--
Child Health
Morbidity
Recently ill									1.65	0.50	***	0.02	1.30	0.26	***	0.02
No recent illness (reference group)									--				--
Stunting
Stunted (1+ SD below WHO)									1.02	0.02		0.02	1.05	0.05	*	0.02
Not stunted (reference group)									--				--
Child Characteristics
Female	1.01	0.01		0.01	0.99	−0.01		0.02	1.01	0.01		0.02	1.01	0.01		0.02
Birth Order	1.10	0.10	***	0.00	1.33	0.29	***	0.00	1.09	0.09	***	0.00	1.33	0.29	***	0.01
Time lag between birth and survey (in years)	0.90	−0.11	***	0.00	0.98	−0.02	***	0.01	0.90	−0.10	***	0.01	0.98	−0.02	**	0.01
Maternal and Household Characteristics
Marital Status (at time of survey)
Never Married (reference group)	--				--				--				--
Monogamously Married/Cohabiting	0.25	−1.38	***	0.02	0.15	−1.89	***	0.03	0.27	−1.32	***	0.03	0.14	−1.99	***	0.04
Polygynously Married	0.21	−1.55	***	0.06	0.28	−1.26	***	0.06	0.21	−1.54	***	0.08	0.26	−1.34	***	0.08
Widowed	0.43	−0.84	***	0.03	0.36	−1.02	***	0.04	0.45	−0.81	***	0.04	0.31	−1.18	***	0.06
Divorced/Separated	0.22	−1.50	***	0.03	0.13	−2.03	***	0.03	0.23	−1.45	***	0.04	0.12	−2.12	***	0.05
Has married more than once	1.02	0.02		0.02	1.09	0.09	**	0.03	1.00	0.00		0.03	0.99	−0.01		0.04
Age(at time of birth)
15–19 years old	1.44	0.37	***	0.02	1.39	0.33	***	0.03	1.51	0.41	***	0.02	1.49	0.40	***	0.04
20–34 years old (reference group)	--				--				--				--
35+ years old	0.52	−0.65	***	0.02	1.36	0.31	***	0.02	0.54	−0.61	***	0.03	1.49	0.40	***	0.03
Highest year of school attained	1.07	0.07	***	0.00	1.12	0.11	***	0.00	1.07	0.07	***	0.00	1.12	0.11	***	0.00
Muslim	0.99	−0.01	***	0.00	0.99	−0.01	***	0.00	1.00	0.00		0.00	0.99	−0.01	**	0.00
Household Wealth
Poorest (reference group)	--				--				--				--
Poor	1.05	0.05	**	0.02	1.13	0.12	***	0.03	1.04	0.04		0.03	1.14	0.13	***	0.04
Average	1.05	0.05	*	0.02	1.27	0.24	***	0.03	1.04	0.04		0.03	1.27	0.24	***	0.04
Wealthy	1.04	0.04	*	0.02	1.36	0.31	***	0.03	1.05	0.05		0.03	1.34	0.30	***	0.04
Wealthiest	0.90	−0.11	***	0.02	1.15	0.14	***	0.03	0.89	−0.11	**	0.03	1.11	0.10	*	0.05
Female household head	1.07	0.07	***	0.02	1.34	0.30	***	0.02	1.07	0.07	**	0.02	1.34	0.29	***	0.03
Rural	0.96	−0.05	***	0.02	1.23	0.21	***	0.02	0.94	−0.06	**	0.02	1.10	0.10	**	0.03
N	189,571								106,193
Model Fit
Log Likelihood	−135076.12									−74036.101

Source: Demographic and Health Survey from 31 sub-Saharan African countries

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