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. 2018 Apr 30;84(1):15–30. doi: 10.29024/aogh.11

Table 7a.

Interaction effects of maternal occupation, residence and father’s occupation on infant mortality in Nigeria.

Variables Residence Father’s Occupation

Urban Rural Not Working Professional/Services Sales Agriculture/Manual

HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI)

Maternal occupation
not working 3.34 (1.33–8.41) * 1.29 (0.59–2.84) SS 1.87 (0.42–8.27) 3.99 (0.73–21.69) 1.13 (0.46–2.78)
professional/services 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
sales 1.85 (1.01–3.41) * 1.95 (1.11–3.41) * 0.15 (0.01–2.64) 3.89 (1.57–9.67) * 1.81 (0.60–5.39) 1.72 (0.95–3.11)
agriculture/manual 0.96 (0.39–2.33) 1.77 (0.98–3.19) 0.15 (0.01–2.81) 3.49 (1.31–9.33) * 1.16 (0.38–3.57) 1.49 (0.78–2.83)
Involvement in Decision on Earnings
involved 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
not involved 1.36 (0.72–2.58) 0.83 (0.56–1.22) SS 1.05 (0.48–2.33) 1.04 (0.43–2.47) 0.84 (0.59–1.18)
not working/not earning cash 0.87 (0.59–1.29) 0.84 (0.58–1.22) 3.66 (0.32–42.49) 1.37 (0.56–3.34) 0.68 (0.34–1.35) 0.79 (0.54–1.16)
Father’s Occupation
not working 0.32 (0.09–1.20) 0.58 (0.29–1.16)
professional/services 1.00 1.00
sales 0.54 (0.29–0.98) * 0.91 (0.66–1.24)
agriculture/manual 0.85 (0.48–1.49) 0.79 (0.63–1.01)

SS = small sample size; * p < 0.05.