Table 3 Respondents experience of under-five death
From: Socio-economic and demographic determinants of under-five mortality in rural northern Ghana
Determinants | Odds ratio | P > z | 95% conf. interval | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age group (Compared to 15–19) | ||||
20-34 | 3.00 | <0.001 | 1.41 | 6.37 |
35-49 | 11.44 | <0.001 | 5.38 | 24.34 |
Level of education (Compared to No education) | ||||
Primary/Junior High School | 0.55 | <0.001 | 0.44 | 0.70 |
Secondary/Tertiary | 0.24 | <0.001 | 0.10 | 0.57 |
Marital status (Compared with Not married) | ||||
Married | 0.73 | 0.01 | 0.57 | 0.94 |
Occupation (Compared with Farming) | ||||
Self Employed | 0.91 | 0.28 | 0.76 | 1.08 |
Housewife | 0.98 | 0.86 | 0.75 | 1.27 |
Government Employed | 0.43 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 1.29 |
Student | 1.02 | 0.94 | 0.63 | 1.64 |
Religion (Compared with Christianity) | ||||
Traditional religion | 1.20 | 0.10 | 0.96 | 1.50 |
Islamic religion | 0.96 | 0.70 | 0.79 | 1.17 |
No response | 1.10 | 0.62 | 0.76 | 1.60 |
Residence (Compared with Urban) | ||||
Rural | 0.82 | 0.16 | 0.63 | 1.08 |
Financial Autonomy (Compared to Autonomous) | ||||
Not Autonomous | 1.02 | 0.80 | 0.86 | 1.21 |
Polygamous partner (Compared with those in polygamous unions) | ||||
Not in polygamous union | 0.78 | 0.01 | 0.66 | 0.93 |
Socio economic Status/wealth index (Compared to poor) | ||||
Middle | 1.07 | 0.50 | 0.87 | 1.32 |
Rich | 0.95 | 0.59 | 0.78 | 1.15 |
National Health Insurance (Compared with registered) | ||||
Not registered | 0.90 | 0.22 | 0.76 | 1.06 |
Contraceptive use (Compared with users) | ||||
Not using contraceptives | 1.14 | 0.22 | 0.93 | 1.40 |
No response | 0.22 | <0.001 | 0.09 | 0.52 |