The impact of internal displacement on child mortality in post-earthquake Haiti: a difference-in-differences analysis

Table 2 Impact of displacement status on infant and child mortality

	Camp vs. Non-displaced (n = 10,261)		Camp vs. Non-camp IDP (n = 4,428)		Non-camp IDP vs. Non-displaced (n = 12,449)
Dependent variable	OR	95 % CI	OR	95 % CI	OR	95 % CI
Infant mortality
Unadjusted	0.57	0.17 to 1.85	2.54**	1.41 to 4.57	0.22**	0.08 to 0.65
Camp/Displacement*Post-earthquake	0.57	0.17 to 1.85	2.54**	1.41 to 4.57	0.22**	0.08 to 0.65
Adjusted^a
Camp/Displacement	0.75	0.35 to 1.60	0.88	0.61 to 1.28	1.14	0.83 to 1.57
Post-earthquake	0.72	0.36 to 1.41	0.49***	0.32 to 0.75	0.73	0.37 to 1.43
Camp/Displacement*Post-earthquake	1.19	0.48 to 2.99	2.34*	1.15 to 4.75	0.58	0.27 to 1.26
Under-5 child mortality
Unadjusted	0.57	0.19 to 1.67	2.37**	1.38 to 4.07	0.24**	0.09 to 0.67
Camp/Displacement*Post-earthquake	0.57	0.19 to 1.67	2.37**	1.38 to 4.07	0.24**	0.09 to 0.67
Adjusted^a
Camp/Displacement	0.91	0.48 to 1.73	0.81	0.59 to 1.11	1.28	0.98 to 1.66
Post-earthquake	0.54*	0.30 to 0.96	0.38***	0.24 to 0.58	0.56*	0.31 to 1.00
Camp/Displacement*Post-earthquake	1.34	0.58 to 3.08	2.34*	1.10 to 5.00	0.63	0.31 to 1.27

***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05
^aAll adjusted models control for birth characteristics (twin birth, sex, preceding interval and birth order), region, location (rural/town/city), altitude, household size, sex, age and education level of the household head, wealth index, land ownership, whether housing was destroyed and family members killed by earthquake

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