Table 6 Multivariate analysis of selected explanatory factors and neonatal mortality in Assosa zone, Western Ethiopia, 2013

 < 20

0.14 (0.01–2.22)

 20–34

1

 > =35

1.87(0.72–4.85)

 Illiterate

2.59(0.87–7.65)

 Literate

1

 < 5

1

 > =5

1.53(0.64–3.65)

 < 608 birr

0.45(0.18–1.09)

 > =608 birr

1

 Yes

0.32(0.12–0.86)

 No

1

 Safe

1

 Unsafe

1.00(0.37–2.67)

 Yes

0.75(0.32–1.75)

 No

1

 < 20

4.30(1.13–16.27)

 > =20

1

 Yes

4.59(1.53–13.78)

 No

1

 Yes

2.80(1.06–7.39)

 No

1

 I

3.37(1.05–10.78)

 II-IV

1

 V+

1.67(0.34–8.38)

 < 24 months

4.02 (0.59–27.42)

 > =24 month

1

 Yes

3.4 (0.50–23.86)

 No

1

 Yes

6.9 (0.34–13.96)

 No

1

 Yes

0.34 (0.12–0.94)

 No

1

 < 2

1

 2–5

0.25(0.01–13.43)

 Average

1

 Small

3.40(1.05–11.55)

 Exclusive

1

 Partial

2.06(0.14–13.23)

 Yes

0.56(0.16–2.09)

 No

1

 < 37-Week

4.35(1.16–16–28)

 > =37 Week

1

 Home

2.84(1.07–7.55)

 HF

 Skilled

1

 Unskilled

2.00(0.79–5.02)

 Yes

0.31(0.04–2.68)

 No

1

 Yes

2.35(0.93–5.92)

 No

1

 Planned

0.67(0.27–1.66)

 Unplanned

1