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Table 3 Odds of low birth weight by wealth index and maternal education level, 2016 EDHS (N = 2110)

From: Prevalence of and socioeconomic gradient in low birth weight in Ethiopia: further analysis of the 2016 demographic and health survey data

Characteristics

Categories

AOR(95%CI)

P-value

Wealth quintiles

Poorest (ref)

  

Poorer

1.73 (0.6, 4.9)

0.302

Middle

1.6 (0.6, 4.4)

0.359

Rich

1.4 (0.5, 3.97)

0.496

Richest

0.95 (0.38, 2.4)

0.917

Maternal education

No education (ref)

  

Primary

0.52 (0.297, 0.91)*

0.022*

Secondary

0.37 (0.19, 0.739)*

0.005*

Higher

0.67 (0.33, 1.352)

0.262

  1. Note.CI Confidence Interval; AOR Adjusted Odds Ratio; ref. reference
  2. *indicates significant association with LBW at 0.05 p-value