Table 3 Factors independently associated with experience of infant deaths in mothers

Place of birth during last pregnancy

Health facility

Reference

Home

5.8 (0.9–36.8)

0.064

Birth order at last pregnancy

1^st

Reference

2^nd–3^rd

2.1 (0.8–5.9)

0.151

4^th or more

1.3 (0.4–4.5)

0.62

Birth weight of infants during last pregnancy

Normal

Reference

Low (<2.5 Kg)

14.7 (2.1–101.8)

0.006

Grades of schooling of mothers

≥Secondary

Reference

<Secondary (9–10)

1.8 (0.6–5.6)

0.332

Parents’ working status

None/one working

Reference

Both working

3.9 (0.7–22.2)

0.127

Blood transfusion during last pregnancy

No

Reference

Yes

3.7 (0.3–47.2)

0.312

Kuhva consumption during last pregnancy

<4 /day

Reference

≥4 /day

8 (1.9–34.3)

0.005