Table 5.
Crude and aORs for the association between classes of care-seeking behaviour in continuum of care and neonatal mortality in Kenya and Uganda, using Demographic and Health Surveys 2014–2016 data
| Classes of care-seeking behaviour | Overall crude OR (95% CI) n=22 538 |
Overall aOR* (95% CI) |
Proportion of the total in Kenya (%) n=12 579 | Kenya only aOR* (95% CI) |
Proportion of the total in Uganda (%) n=9959 |
Uganda only aOR* (95% CI) |
| Highest (≥4 ANC visits, health facility birth, yes PNC) | Ref. | Ref. | 13.4 | Ref. | 33.8 | Ref. |
| Higher (2–3 ANC visits, Health facility birth, yes PNC), mis=47 | 1.5 (1.0 to 2.4) |
1.3 (0.7 to 2.2) |
6.1 | 1.4 (0.4 to 4.2) |
16.3 | 0.9 (0.5 to 1.5) |
| High (≥4 ANC visits, health facility birth, no PNC), mis=72 | 1.5 (1.0 to 2.2) |
1.5 (1.0 to 2.3) |
29.8 | 2.9 (1.4 to 6.0) |
15.6 | 1.0 (0.6 to 1.7) |
| Moderately high (2–3 ANC visits, health facility birth and no PNC), mis=33 |
2.4 (1.6 to 3.7) |
2.2 (1.4 to 3.4) |
16.0 | 3.4 (1.6 to 7.4) |
8.4 | 1.6 (0.9 to 2.7) |
| Moderately low (≥4 ANC visits, no facility birth, no PNC), mis=44 | 1.3 (0.8 to 2.1) |
1.3 (0.8 to 2.2) |
14.5 | 2.6 (1.2 to 5.9) |
12.4 | 0.8 (0.4 to 1.4) |
| Very low (2–3 ANC visits, no facility birth, no PNC), mis=48 | 1.9 (1.3 to 2.8) |
1.9 (1.3 to 2.9) |
14.7 | 2.8 (1.3 to 6.2) |
12.0 | 1.7 (1.1 to 2.7) |
| 4th lowest (1 ANC visit, no health facility births, no PNC), mis=2 |
2.2 (0.7 to 6.7) |
2.2 (0.7 to 7.3) |
2.1 | _ | 1.2 | _ |
| 3rd lowest (no ANC, health facility births and no PNC), mis=2 | 7.8 (3.5 to 17.5) |
4.2 (1.6 to 10.9) |
0.5 | – | 0.4 | – |
| Lowest (no ANC, no facility births and no PNC), mis=17 | 4.5 (2.5 to 7.8) |
4.2 (2.3 to 7.8) |
5.6 | 6.0 (2.6 to 13.6) |
1.5 | 2.5 (1.0 to 6.5) |
Due to non-response, proportionally (relatively random) distributed across all strata.
*Adjusted/restricted to birth weight ≥2500 g and singleton births.
ANC, antenatal care; aOR, adjusted OR; mis, missing; PNC, postnatal care.