Table II Results of the cox hazard...

Table II

Results of the cox hazard analysis for selected predictor variables associated with under-5 mortality, NDHS 2012–2016

Variables	Robust hazard ratio	SE	Z	p-value	95% confidence interval
Number of births by mother	5.842	1.210	8.52	0.000	3.892	8.769
Education of mother	1.35	0.272	1.51	0.130	0.914	2.010
Place of residence	0.804	0.0257	−6.82	0.000	0.755	0.856
Age of mother	2.739	0.796	3.47	0.001	1.549	4.842
Wealth index	0.855	0.0521	−2.56	0.010	0.758	0.963
Female labor force participation (FLFP)	1.145	0.003	50.62	0.000	1.139	1.151
Caste of mother	1.485	0.181	3.23	0.001	1.168	1.887
Paid maternity	0.556	0.128	−2.53	0.011	0.353	0.876
Place of delivery	0.928	0.0149	−4.61	0.000	0.899	0.958
Sex of child	0.955	0.039	−1.11	0.266	0.881	1.035
Size at birth	0.538	0.033	−10.03	0.000	0.477	0.607
Breast feeding	0.268	0.125	−2.81	0.005	0.107	0.670

Variables	Robust hazard ratio	SE	Z	p-value	95% confidence interval
Number of births by mother	5.842	1.210	8.52	0.000	3.892	8.769
Education of mother	1.35	0.272	1.51	0.130	0.914	2.010
Place of residence	0.804	0.0257	−6.82	0.000	0.755	0.856
Age of mother	2.739	0.796	3.47	0.001	1.549	4.842
Wealth index	0.855	0.0521	−2.56	0.010	0.758	0.963
Female labor force participation (FLFP)	1.145	0.003	50.62	0.000	1.139	1.151
Caste of mother	1.485	0.181	3.23	0.001	1.168	1.887
Paid maternity	0.556	0.128	−2.53	0.011	0.353	0.876
Place of delivery	0.928	0.0149	−4.61	0.000	0.899	0.958
Sex of child	0.955	0.039	−1.11	0.266	0.881	1.035
Size at birth	0.538	0.033	−10.03	0.000	0.477	0.607
Breast feeding	0.268	0.125	−2.81	0.005	0.107	0.670

Notes: n=5,060. Log pseudo likelihood =−1,204.177, prob > χ²=0.005, time at risk =151,606.613. Analysis time: current age of child in months (months since birth for dead children), SE: adjusted for two clusters in repeated mother

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