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. 2020 Nov 24;12:100700. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2020.100700

Table 2.

Odds ratio of being low birth weight among most recent singleton births, India, NFHS-4 (2015–16).

Characteristics Odds Ratio (95% CI)
Odds Ratio (95% CI)
Odds Ratio (95% CI)
Odds Ratio (95% CI)
Odds Ratio (95% CI)
Model-1 Model-2 Model-3 Model-4 Model-5
Interpregnancy interval
<6 1.26*(1.12,1.41) 1.24*(1.09,1.40) 1.24*(1.1,1.41) 1.24*(1.09,1.40) 1.19*(1.05,1.36)
06–11 1.09(0.97,1.21) 1.08(0.97,1.21) 1.09(0.98,1.22) 1.09(0.98,1.22) 1.07(0.95,1.19)
12–17 1.10(0.99,1.21) 1.09(0.99,1.21) 1.10(0.99,1.21) 1.10(0.99,1.21) 1.08(0.98,1.19)
18-23 ® 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
24–29 1.05(0.93,1.18) 1.05(0.93,1.18) 1.03(0.92,1.17) 1.04(0.92,1.17) 1.05(0.93,1.18)
30–35 1.04(0.85,1.28) 1.05(0.86,1.28) 1.04(0.84,1.27) 1.04(0.85,1.28) 1.04(0.86,1.27)
36–41 0.98(0.82,1.16) 1.00(0.84,1.19) 0.99(0.83,1.18) 0.99(0.83,1.18) 1.02(0.86,1.22)
42–47 1.02(0.80,1.30) 1.06(0.82,1.35) 1.07(0.83,1.37) 1.08(0.84,1.38) 1.12(0.87,1.44)
≥48 1.19(0.79,1.79) 1.20(0.80,1.79) 1.14(0.77,1.71) 1.16(0.78,1.73) 1.28(0.85,1.92)
Mother's age at marriage
<18 1.05(0.97,1.13) 1.07(0.98,1.16) 1.06(0.98,1.15) 1.06(0.98,1.15)
18-24® 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
25–29 1.17(0.99,1.37) 1.14(0.97,1.34) 1.14(0.97,1.34) 1.17(0.99,1.38)
≥30 1.30(0.90,1.89) 1.22(0.83,1.80) 1.23(0.84,1.81) 1.33(0.90,1.95)
Mother's age at conception
<20 years 1.08(0.94,1.23) 1.05(0.92,1.21) 1.05(0.92,1.21) 1.10(0.96,1.27)
20–24 years ® 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
25–29 years 0.97(0.90,1.05) 0.99(0.91,1.08) 0.99(0.91,1.08) 0.98(0.90,1.07)
≥30 years 0.96(0.86,1.08) 0.99(0.87,1.12) 0.99(0.87,1.13) 0.98(0.86,1.12)
Mother's height
<145 cm 1.28*(1.16,1.41) 1.27*(1.15,1.41) 1.27*(1.15,1.41) 1.34*(1.21,1.48)
≥145 cm ® 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Mother's Schooling
No schooling 1.59*(1.37,1.85) 1.65*(1.41,1.93) 1.57*(1.35,1.84) 1.53*(1.30,1.81)
Primary 1.51*(1.29,1.78) 1.58*(1.34,1.87) 1.53*(1.29,1.81) 1.46*(1.23,1.75)
Secondary 1.34*(1.16,1.55) 1.38*(1.19,1.60) 1.35*(1.17,1.57) 1.32*(1.13,1.54)
Higher ® 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Mother smokestobacco
No ® 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Yes 1.11(0.97,1.27) 1.11(0.97,1.27) 1.11(0.97,1.27) 1.09(0.94,1.25)
Previous pregnancy outcome
Birth ® 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Abortion 1.01(0.84,1.23) 0.97(0.80,1.19) 0.99(0.81,1.20) 1.03(0.85,1.26)
Miscarriage/termination 1.09(0.97,1.21) 1.00(0.87,1.15) 1.01(0.88,1.15) 1.02(0.89,1.17)
Still birth 1.08(0.85,1.37) 0.99(0.77,1.28) 0.99(0.77,1.29) 1.03(0.80,1.33)
Postpartum contraceptive useafter previous pregnancy outcome
No 1.02(0.93,1.13) 1.01(0.92,1.11) 0.99(0.90,1.10) 1.02(0.92,1.12)
Yes ® 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Birth order
1 1.16(0.94,1.42) 1.19(0.97,1.46) 1.18(0.97,1.45)
2 1.05(0.94,1.16) 1.06(0.96,1.19) 1.05(0.95,1.17)
3 0.93(0.84,1.03) 0.94(0.85,1.04) 0.94(0.84,1.04)
≥4® 1.00 1.00 1.00
Indexbirthwanted
No 1.04(0.95,1.15) 1.01(0.92,1.12) 1.04(0.94,1.14)
Yes ® 1.00 1.00 1.00
Index birth preterm
No ® 1.00 1.00 1.00
Yes 2.12*(1.89,2.38) 2.11*(1.88,2.37) 2.16*(1.92,2.42)
≥4 ANC Visits
No 0.99(0.93,1.07) 1.01(0.93,1.08)
Yes ® 1.00 1.00
≥2 TT injections
No 1.22*(1.12,1.32) 1.20*(1.11,1.31)
Yes ® 1.00 1.00
Consumed≥100 day IFA tablets/equivalentsyrup
No 1.19*(1.09,1.30) 1.18*(1.09,1.29)
Yes ® 1.00 1.00
Wealth Quintiles
Poorest 1.29*(1.10,1.51)
Poorer 1.21*(1.04,1.40)
Middle 1.24*(1.07,1.43)
Richer 1.19*(1.04,1.36)
Richest ® 1.00
Religion
Hindu 0.99(0.74,1.35)
Muslim 0.90(0.66,1.23)
Christian ® 0.92(0.64,1.33)
Others 1.00
Caste
Scheduled Caste 0.99(0.88,1.13)
Scheduled Tribe 0.99(0.85,1.16)
Other Backward Class 0.96(0.86,1.06)
Others ® 1.00
Region
North 1.47*(1.30,1.67)
Central 1.18*(1.05,1.31)
East 0.76*(0.67,0.86)
Northeast 0.74*(0.62,0.87)
West 1.21*(1.05,1.41)
South® 1.00
Urban-ruralresidence
Urban 1.08(0.98,1.19)
Rural ®




1.00
Constant 0.19*(0.18,0.21) 0.13*(0.10,0.15) 0.11*(0.09,0.14) 0.10*(0.08,0.13) 0.08*(0.05,0.12)

Note: Model 1 includes IPI.

Model 2 includes IPI and maternal level variables.

Model 3 includes IPI, maternal level variables and child level variables.

Model 4 includes IPI, maternal level variables, child level variables and maternal and child care program variables.

Model 5 includes IPI, maternal level variables, child level variables and maternal and child care program variables and household level variables.