Determinant factors of under-five mortality in Southern Nations, Nationalities and People’s region (SNNPR), Ethiopia

Table 3 Result of multivariable logistic regression analysis

Variables	OR	p > z	95% CI of OR
Sex of child (Ref: Male)
Female	0.552	0.026^a	0.327	0.932
Birth order (Ref: First)
Second or Third	1.316	0.039^a	1.097	2.343
Fourth or Fifth	1.934	0.018^a	1.678	3.822
Sixth or above	3.980	0.027^a	2.352	6.734
Household wealth index (Ref: Poorest)
Poorer	1.125	0.757	0.532	2.379
Middle	0.825	0.639	0.371	1.839
Richer	0.967	0.934	0.440	2.128
Richest	0.330	0.100	0.088	1.235
Family size (Ref: < 5)
5 or more	3.397	0.001^a	1.702	6.782
Place of delivery (Ref: Home)
Health Institutions	0.449	0.011^a	0.228	0.681
Birth type (Ref: Single)
Multiple	1.472	0.002^a	1.289	2.746
Size of child at birth (Ref: Larger)
Average	1.324	0.094	0.700	2.504
Smaller	1.714	0.024^a	1.120	2.623
Sex of household head (Ref: Male)
Female	0.555	0.160	0.390	1.879
Breastfeeding status (Ref: No)
Yes	0.657	< 0.0001 ^a	0.393	0.864
Mother’s work status (Ref: Not working)
Working	1.448	0.158	0.866	2.0419

Ref Reference category, CI confidence Interval, OR Odds Ratio, ^a Significant at 5% level of significance.

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