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Table 2 Factors associated with infant mortality

From: Preventable multiple high-risk birth behaviour and infant survival in Nigeria

Characteristics

Unadjusted

HR (95%CI)

aHR (95%CI)

Model1

Model2

Model3

Model4

High risk behaviour

 Non-risk

1

1

1

1

1

 Single

1.23 (1.05,1.44)a

1.16 (0.99,1.36)

1.14 (0.96,1.34)

1.18 (0.96,1.47)

1.19 (0.96,1.48)

 Multiple

1.56 (1.32,1.83) a

1.46 (1.23,1.72) a

1.43 (1.20,1.71) a

1.66 (1.33,2.06) a

1.66 (1.33,2.08) a

Region

 Northcentral

 

1

  

1

 Northeast

 

1.19 (0.94,1.51)

  

1.41 (1.03,1.92) c

 Northwest

 

1.22 (0.95,1.58)

  

1.44 (1.03,2.01) c

 Southeast

 

0.89 (0.53,1.52)

  

0.55 (0.24,1.26)

 Southsouth

 

0.86 (0.63,1.17)

  

0.86 (0.54,1.37)

 Southwest

 

0.92 (0.62,1.36)

  

0.69 (0.38,1.27)

Residence

 Urban

 

1

  

1

 Rural

 

0.88 (0.74,1.04)

  

0.79 (0.62,1.00) c

Religion

 Christianity

 

1

  

1

 Islam

 

0.98 (0.78,1.23)

  

0.83 (0.60,1.15)

 Others

 

0.80 (0.33,1.95)

  

0.58 (0.14,2.35)

Ethnicity

 Hausa/Fulani

 

1

  

1

 Igbo

 

0.94 (0.56,1.59)

  

1.13 (0.51,2.51)

 Yoruba

 

0.79 (0.51,1.21)

  

0.94 (0.49,1.78)

 Other

 

0.94 (0.75,1.19)

  

0.91 (0.68,1.24)

Wealth status

 Poorest

 

1

  

1

 Poorer

 

1.17 (0.96,1.41)

  

1.13 (0.90,1.42)

 Middle

 

0.98 (0.78,1.23)

  

0.97 (0.73,1.28)

 Richer

 

0.84 (0.64,1.12)

  

0.90 (0.63,1.29)

 Richest

 

0.77 (0.54,1.09)

  

0.67 (0.42,1.08)

Drinking water source

 Improved

 

1

  

1

 Not improved

 

1.10 (0.96,1.27)

  

1.13 (0.94,1.35)

Toilet facility

 Improved

 

1

   

 Not improved

 

0.92 (0.78,1.09)

   

Cooking fuel

 Improved

 

1

   

 Not improved

 

0.79 (0.57,1.11)

   

Sex

 Male

  

1.24 (1.08,1.42) b

1.25 (1.05,1.49) c

1.25 (1.05,1.49) c

 Female

  

1

1

1

Birth size

 Small

  

1.55 (1.29,1.85) a

1.41 (1.11,1.79) b

1.39 (1.09,1.77) b

 Average

  

1

1

1

 Large

  

1.03 (0.89,1.20)

1.06 (0.87,1.28)

1.04 (0.86,1.26)

Highest education

 No education

  

1

 

1

 Primary

  

0.95 (0.78,1.14)

1.07 (0.83,1.37)

1.23 (0.95,1.60)

 Secondary/tertiary

  

0.67 (0.57,0.79) a

0.63 (0.48,0.82)a

0.83 (0.60,1.13)

Employment

 Not working

  

1

 

1

 Working

  

1.09 (0.94,1.26)

 

1.09 (0.90,1.32)

Marital status

 Not married/ in-union

  

1

  

 Married or in-union

  

0.67 (0.44,1.01)

  

Desire for last child

 Then

  

1

 

1

 Later

  

0.85 (0.65,1.12)

 

0.69 (0.44,1.07)

 No more

  

0.99 (0.69,1.41)

 

1.20 (0.75,1.91)

Contraceptive use

 Using

   

1

1

 Not using

   

1.86 (1.33,2.60) a

1.79 (1.28,2.51) a

Decision involvement

 Not

   

1

1

 Low

   

0.94 (0.78,1.14)

1.99 (0.82,1.21)

 High

   

1.04 (0.74,1.46)

1.15 (0.81,1.62)

ANC visit

 None

   

0.96 (0.69,1.33)

0.98 (0.70,1.37)

 1–3

   

1.14 (0.89,1.46)

1.09 (0.85,1.39)

 ≥ 4

   

1

1

Tetanus injection

 Received

   

1

1

 Not received

   

1.44 (1.08,1.93) c

1.40 (1.04,1.88) c

Breastfeeding initiation

 Not delayed

   

1

1

 Delayed

   

1.27 (1.02,1.59) c

1.25 (0.99,1.56)

Type of delivery

 Normal

   

1

1

 Caesarean

   

0.99 (0.50,1.77)

1.05 (0.53,2.09)

Delivery attendant

 None

   

1

1

 Unskilled

   

1.35 (1.02,1.77) c

1.39 (1.05,1.83) c

 Semi-skilled

   

1.38 (0.89,2.15)

1.54 (0.98,2.42)

 Skilled

   

1.20 (0.85,1.69)

1.45 (1.02,2.06) c

-LL

8785.9

8671.6

8422.9

4976.8

4958.6

AIC

17,575.9

17,383.2

16,867.8

9989.6

9991.2

BIC

17,591.8

17,542.3

16,955.3

10,130.7

10,281.3

N

21,350

21,052

21,025

18,753

18,753

  1. c p < 0.05, b p < 0.01, a p < 0.001; place of delivery and pre-natal attendant removed due to collinearity