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Table 3 Main effects model fitted with preceding birth interval and maternal age (model_3a), preceding birth interval and birth order (model_3b), maternal age and birth order (model_3c) and all together (model_4) with control variables

From: The effects of reproductive variables on child mortality in Ethiopia: evidence from demographic and health surveys from 2000 to 2016

 

Model_3a

Model_3b

Model_3c

Model_4

Age at status (event or censor)

0

− 1.93 (0.36)***

− 2.23 (0.34)***

− 2.51 (0.35)***

− 1.91 (0.36)***

1–5

− 2.63 (0.36)***

− 2.94 (0.35)***

− 3.22 (0.35)***

− 2.62 (0.36)***

6–11

− 2.81 (0.36)***

− 3.12 (0.35)***

− 3.40 (0.35)***

− 2.80 (0.36)***

12–23

− 2.80 (0.37)***

− 3.10 (0.35)***

− 3.38 (0.36)***

− 2.79 (0.37)***

24–59

− 2.56 (0.37)***

− 2.87 (0.35)***

− 3.14 (0.36)***

− 2.55 (0.37)***

Preceding birth intervals

18–23

− 0.36 (0.12)**

− 0.36 (0.12)**

 

− 0.36 (0.12)**

24–35

− 0.61 (0.10)***

− 0.61 (0.10)***

 

− 0.61 (0.10)***

36–47

− 0.84 (0.11)***

− 0.84 (0.11)***

 

− 0.83 (0.11)***

48 + 

− 0.93 (0.11)***

− 0.90 (0.11)***

 

− 0.91 (0.11)***

Maternal age

20–35

− 0.35 (0.12)**

 

− 0.60 (0.13)***

− 0.42 (0.13)**

35 + 

0.07 (0.13)

 

− 0.36 (0.15)*

− 0.08 (0.16)

Birth order

4–6

 

0.06 (0.07)

0.11 (0.08)

0.09 (0.08)

7 + 

 

0.32 (0.08)***

0.27 (0.10)**

0.19 (0.10) ~ 

  1. Level of significance: ***p \(<\) 0.001, **p \(<\) 0.01, *p \(<\) 0.05, ~ p \(<\) 0.1