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Table 6 Multilevel analysis of factors affecting neonatal care practice, in Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia, September 2012-December 2013 (n = 3,463)

From: Neonatal care practice and factors affecting in Southwest Ethiopia: a mixed methods study

Variables

Crude estimate β (95 % CI)

Adjusted estimate β (95 % CI)

Level-2 (higher level)-communal variables

Place of residence

  

  Urban

1.63 (1.51, 1.75)

0.86 (0.45, 1.23)

Distance from health centre (on foot)

  

  >2hours

−0.58 (-0.70, -0.45)

−0.09 (-0.45, 0.27)

Distance from Hospital (on foot)

  

  >2hours

−1.38 (-1.54, -1.23)

−0.33 (-0.77, 0.11)

Level-1-lower level (individual) variables

Age (Years)

  

  20-29

−0.55 (-0.82, -0.2)

−0.21 (-0.44, 0.03)

  >29

−0.88 (-1.14, -0.59)

−0.25 (-0.52, 0.11)

Educational status

  

  Primary education (Grades 1-8)

0.52 (0.41, 0.64)

0.21 (0.10, 0.32)

  Secondary or above (Grades ≥9)

1.95 (1.75, 2.14)

0.76 (0.55, 0.98)

Occupation

  

  Employed

1.20 (0.94, 1.45)

0.18 (-0.06, 0.41)

Husband’s occupation

  

  Employed

1.88 (1.71, 2,05)

0.54 (0.30, 0.77)

  Merchant

1.28 (1.14, 1.42)

0.28 (0.09, 0.47)

Wealth index

  

  Second quintile

0.45 (0.27, 0.63)

0.18 (0.03, 0.31)

  Third quintile

0.57 (0.38, 0.75)

0.30 (0.15, 0.46)

  Fourth quintile

0.70 (0.52, 0.88)

0.41 (0.25, 0.56)

  Fifth quintile

0.72 (0.54, 0.90)

0.30 (0.14, 0.46)

Birth order

  

  2nd -4th

−0.58 (-0.73, -0.44)

−0.30 (-0.52, -0.09)

  ≥5th

−1.07 (-1.24, -0.91)

−0.43 (-0.68, -0.19)

Birth interval

  

  24-48 Months

0.34 (0.12, 0.56)

0.20 (0.01, 0.39)

  >48 Months

0.93 (0.65, 1.21)

0.34 (0.10, 0.58)