Table 4.
Logistic regression analysis of the determinants of neonatal mortality, KDHS 2014.
| Variables | cOR | C.I | p-value | aOR | C.I | P value |
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| Residence | ||||||
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| Rural (ref) | ||||||
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| Urban | 1.005 | 0.971 | ||||
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| Wealth status | ||||||
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| Richest (ref) | ||||||
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| Poorest | 0.741 | 0.191 | ||||
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| Poor | 0.670 | 0.088 | ||||
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| Middle | 0.927 | 0.763 | ||||
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| Rich | 0.748 | 0.235 | ||||
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| Mothers’ characteristics | ||||||
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| Mothers’ education | ||||||
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| Higher (ref) | ||||||
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| No education | 1.437 | 1.206-2.937 | 0.031* | 2.202 | 1.43-4.15 | 0.049* |
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| Primary | 0.332 | 0.001* | 0.809 | 0.256 | ||
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| Secondary | 0.218 | 0.000* | 0.039 | 0.128 | ||
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| Mother’s age | ||||||
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| <19 years | 0.841 | 0.807 | ||||
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| 20-29 years | 1.608 | 0.501 | ||||
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| 30-39 years | 0.803 | 0.753 | ||||
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| Birth spacing | ||||||
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| >2 years(ref) | ||||||
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| <2 years | 1.001 | 0.997 | ||||
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| Birth Order | ||||||
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| > 4th child | ||||||
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| First child | 1.451 | 1.011-2.083 | 0.043* | 0.972 | 0.954 | |
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| 2nd or 3rd child | 0.998 | 0.712-1.399 | 0.990 | 1.064 | 0.885 | |
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| Child Characteristics | ||||||
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| Sex of the child | ||||||
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| Female (ref) | ||||||
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| Male | 0.968 | 0.823 | ||||
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| Birth weight | ||||||
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| >NBW (ref) | ||||||
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| Not weighed | 2.497 | 1.425-4.375 | 0.001* | 2.662 | 1.004-7.058 | 0.049* |
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| LBW | 3.582 | 1.467-8.748 | 0.005* | 3.206 | 1.849-12.08 | 0.006* |
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| NBW | 1.725 | 0.113 | 2.228 | 0.082-6.037 | 0.115 | |
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| Health facility characteristics | ||||||
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| Place. of delivery | ||||||
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| Home (ref) | ||||||
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| Facility | 0.761 | 0.761-1.028 | 0.075 | |||
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| ANC visits | ||||||
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| >4ANCvisits (ref) | ||||||
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| No ANC visits | 4.054 | 1.728-9.511 | 0.001* | 3.384 | 1.616-8.53 | 0.041* |
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| 1-3ANC visits | 1.704 | 1.102-2.634 | 0.017* | 2.316 | 1.101-4.875 | 0.027* |
cOR= Crude Odds ratio, aOR= p=Level of significance