Table 3.

Factors associated with perinatal mortality: crude (unadjusted) and adjusted odds ratio estimates of logistic regression analysis

Covariates	Crude (unadjusted)				Adjusted
	OR	95% C.I		p-value	AOR	95% C.I		p-value
Birth type
Multiple birth	1.00				1.00
Single birth	0.190	0.113	0.319	< 0.0001*	0.179	0.100	.321	< 0.0001*
Sex of child
Female	1.00				1.00
Male	0.586	0.425	0.808	0.001*	1.740	1.234	2.454	0.002*
Birth interval
39 and more months	1.00				1.00
15 and less month	7.480	4.497	12.442	< 0.0001*	7.902	4.526	13.795	< 0.0001*
16–26 months	2.264	1.452	3.530	< 0.0001*	2.088	1.292	3.375	0.003*
27–38 months	1.431	0.922	2.221	0.110	1.509	0.951	2.396	0.081
Birth order
6 and more	1.00				1.00
3 and less	1.071	0.698	1.481	0.930	1.231	0.767	1.975	.389
4–5	0.721	0.464	1.121	0.146	0.977	0.600	1.592	.927
Maternal age
45–49 years	1.00				1.00
29 & less year	0.618	0.373	1.024	0.062	0.293	0.128	0.668	0.003*
30–34 years	0.392	0.232	0.662	< 0.0001*	0.335	0.173	0.646	0.001*
35–39 years	0.466	0.301	0.721	0.001*	0.381	0.231	0.628	< 0.0001*
40–44 years	0.540	0.346	0.842	0.007*	0.585	0.360	0.948	0.029*
Residence
Rural	1.00				1.00
Urban	0.527	0.283	0.982	0.044*	0.364	0.136	0.970	0.043*
Mother Education
Secondary and Higher	1.00				1.00
No education	0.803	0.382	1.687	0.562	0.496	0.170	1.447	0.199
Primary education	0.928	0.420	2.048	0.853	0.861	0.302	2.457	0.780
Source of water
Unprotected	1.00				1.00
Piped source	0.588	0.383	0.905	0.016*	0.675	0.382	1.193	0.176
Protected well	0.714	0.504	1.010	0.057	0.684	0.469	0.997	0.048*
Toilet facility
With toilet	1.00				1.00
No toilet facility	0.540	0.387	0.753	< 0.0001*	1.649	1.093	2.488	0.017*
Sex of household head
Female	1.00				1.00
Male	0.421	0.259	0.686	0.001*	0.378	0.213	0.670	0.001*
Wealth index
Rich	1.00				1.00
Poor	2.324	1.471	3.672	< 0.0001*	1.948	1.011	3.754	0.046*
Middle	1.704	1.074	2.702	0.024*	1.540	0.828	2.865	0.172
Parity
9 and more children	1.00				1.00
3 & less	0.718	0.448	1.150	0.168	1.065	0.447	2.541	0.887
4–5	0.319	0.196	0.520	< 0.0001*	0.418	0.211	0.828	0.012*
6–8	0.383	0.262	0.560	< 0.0001*	0.401	0.257	0.626	< 0.0001*
Husband education
Secondary/Higher	1.00				1.00
No education	0.962	0.529	1.750	0.900	0.517	0.219	1.220	0.132
Primary education	0.778	0.416	1.454	0.432	0.533	0.230	1.235	0.142
HIV status
Yes	1.00				1.00
No	0.767	0.488	1.205	0.250	1.435	0.842	2.446	0.184
Mother occupation
Agriculture	1.00				1.00
Not working	0.875	0.600	1.274	0.485	1.053	0.693	1.599	0.809
Non-agriculture	1.673	1.150	2.434	0.007*	2.734	1.773	4.216	<.0001*

*Significant at p < 0.05,

Note: LRT = 406.618 (p < 0.001),

Hosmer and Lemeshow Test = 7.577 (p = 0.476)