Table 6.
Overall significant adjusted odds ratio (AOR) for IMR in 2006 and 2011
| Variables | 2006 | 2011 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AOR | 95%CI | P value | AOR | 95%CI | P value | |||
| Ecological Zone | 0.004 | |||||||
| Terai | 0.687 | 0.384 | 1.229 | 0.204 | ||||
| Hill | 0.425 | 0.216 | 0.834 | 0.013 | ||||
| Mountain | 1.000 | |||||||
| Preceding Birth Interval | 0.022 | |||||||
| <=24 months | 1.941 | 1.036 | 3.635 | 0.022 | ||||
| >24 months | 1.000 | |||||||
| Succeeding Birth | 0.001 | 0.002 | ||||||
| Interval | 6.656 | 3.736 | 11.859 | 0.001 | 3.215 | 1.505 | 6.866 | 0.002 |
| <=24 months >24 months |
1.000 | 1.000 | ||||||
| Baby’s size at birth | 0.015 | |||||||
| Very large/larger than | 0.170 | 0.047 | 0.624 | 0.008 | ||||
| average | 0.717 | 0.333 | 1.546 | 0.394 | ||||
| Average Very small or smaller than average |
1.000 | |||||||
| Delivery assisted by | 0.016 | |||||||
| Professional | 0.370 | 0.144 | 0.951 | 0.039 | ||||
| TBA | 0.589 | 0.277 | 1.254 | 0.168 | ||||
| Combined | 2.050 | 0.678 | 6.198 | 0.201 | ||||
| No assistance | 1.000 | |||||||
| Currently Breastfeeding | 0.044 | |||||||
| No | 1.618 | 1.014 | 2.580 | 0.044 | ||||
| Yes | 1.000 | |||||||
AOR model for 2006 and 2011 was obtained after including all three final models (community, socioeconomic and proximate) through backward elimination
Abbreviations: COR crude odds ratio, AOR adjusted odds ratio