Table 3 Adjusted odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) for infant mortality within the past five years preceding the survey by selected predictors

Women's Autonomy

Literacy status

Illiterate (ref.)

1.00

1.00

Literate

0.61***

0.47-0.80

0.65*

0.47-0.90

Decision on own health care

Without involvement of respondent (ref.)

1.00

1.00

Involvement of respondent

0.74*

0.57-0.95

0.75*

0.57-0.98

Sociodemographic variables

Age

<25 years (ref.)

1.00

25-29

0.57**

0.39-0.83

30 or more

0.57**

0.36-0.91

Total number of children ever born

One (ref.)

1.00

Two

1.62*

1.07-2.45

Three

2.58***

1.59-4.19

Four or more

3.21***

1.89-5.45

Religion

Buddhist (ref.)

1.00

Hindu

1.96*

1.02-3.79

Muslim/other

2.32*

1.08-5.02

Previous birth interval

<2 years (ref.)

1.00

2-3 years

0.45***

0.33-0.61

4+ years

0.30***

0.18-0.50

Type of births

Singleton (ref.)

1.00

Multiple

14.5***

8.89-23.6

Ecological zone

Terai (ref.)

1.00

Hill

0.81

0.58-1.12

Mountain

1.47

0.97-2.25

Wealth status

Poor/middle (ref.)

1.00

Rich

0.83

0.59-1.17

Source of drinking water

Piped/tube well water (ref.)

1.00

River/stone tap/unprotected well

1.24

0.91-1.68

Availability of Toilet facility

Yes (ref.)

1.00

No facility/bush/field

0.82

0.59-1.14

Constant

0.07***

0.04***

-2 Log likelihood

2105.6

1918.5

Cox & Snell R Square

0.003

0.037