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Table 4 Regression models identifying factors that predict neonatal mortality among institutional and home births disaggregated by urban and rural samples with wealth quintiles as explanatory variable b

From: Investigating the role of health care at birth on inequalities in neonatal survival: evidence from Bangladesh

Odds ratios for neonatal mortality for institutional deliveries

Variable

Model 1: Rural only

Model 2: Urban only

 

OR

P

Confidence intervals

OR

P

Confidence intervals

Year of survey (reference 2007)

2004

1.41

0.41

0.62

3.21

1.12

0.78

0.52

2.40

2000

1.51

0.34

0.65

3.47

0.78

0.58

0.33

1.88

1996

2.70*

0.02

1.15

6.32

1.95

0.16

0.76

4.97

Wealth quintile (reference richest quintile 5)

Quintiles 1-4

2.25**

0.01

1.18

4.28

1.70

0.17

0.79

3.65

 

Sample size: 1046

   

Sample size: 1733

   

Odds ratios for neonatal mortality for home deliveries

 

Model 3: Rural

Model 4: Urban

Variable

OR

P

Confidence intervals

 

OR

P

Confidence intervals

 

Year of survey (reference 2007)

2004

0.93

0.59

0.70

1.22

1.25

0.37

0.76

2.06

2000

0.88

0.36

0.67

1.16

1.57

0.07

0.97

2.55

1996

1.61**

0.00

1.22

2.11

2.46**

0.00

1.36

4.45

Wealth quintile (reference richest quintile 5)

Quintiles 1-4

1.14

0.29

0.90

1.45

1.26

0.49

0.65

2.44

 

Sample size: 18206

   

Sample size: 4943

   
  1. * OR significant at 5% ** OR significant at 1%.
  2. b Models also adjusted for sex, multiple birth, birth order and parity and antenatal care.