Table 4.

Multiple logistic regression estimates for the effect of the selected covariates on child mortality in 2011 and 2014*

Study Number	Covariates	2011					2014
		Coef.	P-value	OR	95% CI for OR		Coef.	P-value	OR	95% CI for OR
					Lower	Upper				Lower	Upper
1	Region:
	Barisal (Ref)	-	-	1.000	-	-	-	-	1.000	-	-
	Chittagong	-0.017	0.943	0.983	0.617	1.567	-0.469	0.125	0.625	0.344	1.138
	Dhaka	-0.450	0.095	0.638	0.376	1.081	-0.369	0.264	0.691	0.362	1.322
	Khulna	-0.744	P < 0.050	0.475	0.239	0.943	-1.074	P < 0.010	0.342	0.168	0.694
	Rajshahi	-0.161	0.551	0.851	0.501	1.446	-0.758	P < 0.050	0.469	0.236	0.929
	Rangpur	-0.819	P < 0.010	0.441	0.243	0.802	-1.342	P < 0.001	0.261	0.126	0.541
	Sylhet	-0.115	0.644	0.891	0.547	1.452	-0.872	P < 0.001	0.418	0.226	0.774
2	Type of place:
	Urban (Ref)	-	-	1.000	-	-	-	-	1.000	-	-
	Rural	-0.200	0.253	0.818	0.580	1.154	-0.085	0.675	1.089	0.732	1.620
3	Gender of child
	Male (Ref)	-	-	1.000	-	-	-	-	1.000	-	-
	Female	0.198	0.152	1.219	0.930	1.599	-0.101	0.531	0.904	0.660	1.239
4	Mother’s education:-
	No education (Ref)	-	-	1.000	-	-	-	-	1.000	-	-
	Primary	-0.454	P < 0.010	0.635	0.448	0.900	0.232	0.346	1.261	0.779	2.042
	Secondary	-0.697	P < 0.001	0.498	0.325	0.762	-0.095	0.718	0.909	0.542	1.524
	Higher	-1.179	0.080	0.307	0.082	1.150	0.500	0.287	1.649	0.656	4.146
5	Father’s education:
	No education (Ref)	-	-	1.000	-	-	-	-	1.000	-	-
	Primary	0.099	0.287	1.203	0.856	1.691	0.166	0.436	1.181	0.778	1.793
	Secondary	1.396	0.701	1.087	0.710	1.663	0.070	0.773	1.073	0.666	1.729
	Higher	-0.355	P < 0.010	0.187	0.059	0.595	0.770	P < 0.050	2.160	0.950	4.914
6	Mother’s occupation:
	Working (Ref	-	-	1.000	-	-	-	-	1.000	-	-
	Not working	-0.502	0.034	0.605	0.380	0.963	-0.108	0.664	0.897	0.550	1.463
7	Father’s occupation:
	Farmer (Ref)	-	-	1.000	-	-	-	-	1.000	-	-
	Business	0.097	0.564	1.102	0.792	1.534	0.533	P < 0.010	1.704	1.122	2.588
	Service	1.388	0.324	4.008	1.645	9.763	-0.360	0.525	0.697	0.229	2.121
	Others	0.355	0.075	1.426	0.965	2.107	0.462	P < 0.050	1.587	0.963	2.614
8	Radio:
	No (Ref)	-	-	1.000	-	-	-	-	1.000	-	-
	Yes	0.379	0.155	1.460	0.867	2.460	0.494	0.112	1.639	0.890	3.016
9	TV:
	No (Ref)	-	-	1.000	-	-	-	-	1.000	-	-
	Yes	0.028	0.897	1.028	0.676	1.564	0.094	0.659	1.099	0.723	1.671
10	Religion:
	Non-Muslim (Ref)	-	-	1.000	-	-	-	-	1.000	-	-
	Muslim	-0.269	0.253	0.764	0.482	1.212	0.272	0.379	1.313	0.716	2.407
11	Wealth index:
	Poor (Ref)	-	-	1.000	-	-	-	-	1.000	-	-
	Middle	-0.404	0.063	0.668	0.436	1.023	-0.099	0.655	0.905	0.585	1.401
	Rich	-0.521	0.037	0.594	0.365	0.968	-0.176	0.445	0.839	0.534	1.317
12	SBI:
	<24 (Ref)	-	-	1.000	-	-	-	-	1.000	-	-
	25-48	0.804	P < 0.001	2.235	1.555	3.213	0.286	0.380	1.332	0.703	2.522
	49 and above	-0.634	0.533	0.531	0.072	3.888	0.242	0.450	1.273	0.681	2.382
13	Birth order:
	One (Ref)	-	-	1.000	-	-	-	-	1.000	-	-
	2-6	1.042	P < 0.010	2.835	1.941	4.140	0.280	0.237	1.324	0.832	2.107
	7 and above	1.285	P < 0.050	3.614	1.563	8.356	0.833	0.228	2.301	0.593	8.933
14	Type of toilet facility:
	Unhygienic toilet (Ref)	-	-	1.000	-	-	-	-	1.000	-	-
	Hygienic toilet	0.163	0.315	1.177	0.857	1.617	0.099	0.667	1.104	0.704	1.732
15	Diarrhea:
	No (Ref)	-	-	1.000	-	-	-	-	1.000	-	-
	Yes	-0.723	0.086	0.485	0.212	1.108	-0.723	0.086	0.485	0.212	1.108
16	Mother’s age:
	15-24 (Ref)	-	-	1.000	-	-	-	-	1.000	-	-
	25-34	-0.769	P < 0.001	0.463	0.336	0.639	-0.063	0.759	0.939	0.626	1.407
	35-44	-0.586	P < 0.050	0.557	0.331	0.937	-0.757	P < 0.050	0.469	0.233	0.943
	45 and above	-1.356	0.203	0.258	0.032	2.077	-0.979	0.339	0.376	0.050	2.801

OR - Odds ratio, Coef. – Coefficients, SBI – succeeding birth interval

*Source: BDHS, 2011 and 2014. Numbers in bold indicate significant covariates at 1%, 5% and 0.1%.