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Table 3 Generalized estimation of morbidity and mortality among births in past five years by desired status children in Bangladesh

From: Is there any association between undesired children and health status of under-five children? Analysis of a nationally representative sample from Bangladesh

Childhood Mortality and Morbidity

Excess in Boy

Excess in Girl

Excess in Parity

aOR (95% C.I.) a

aOR (95% C.I.)a

aOR (95% C.I.)a

Mortality

 Early Neonatal Mortality

2.48 (1.63, 3.76) ***

1.37 (0.79, 2.38)

2.63 (1.64, 4.24) ***

 Neonatal Mortality

2.05 (1.41, 2.99) ***

1.22 (0.76, 1.97)

2.10 (1.36, 2.26) ***

 Post Neonatal Mortality

1.89 (0.90, 3.93)

0.80 (0.40, 1.60)

2.08 (1.09, 3.98) *

 Infant Mortality

2.03 (1.44, 2.85) ***

1.09 (0.73, 1.64)

2.12 (1.47, 3.04) ***

 Under 5 Mortality

1.96 (1.39, 2.77) ***

1.08 (0.72, 1.60)

2.05 (1.43, 2.95) ***

Nutrition b

 Severely Stunted

0.92 (0.71, 1.18)

1.10 (0.87, 1.41)

1.17 (0.91, 1.51)

 Moderately Stunted

1.05 (0.89, 1.24)

1.05 (0.89, 1.24)

1.02 (0.87, 1.19)

 Severely Underweight

1.07 (0.72, 1.59)

1.41 (0.98, 2.05)

1.35 (0.95, 1.91)

 Moderately Underweight

1.14 (0.94, 1.36)

1.11 (0.89, 1.28)

1.06 (0.88, 1.28)

 Severely Wasted

1.49 (0.88, 2.51)

1.16 (0.67, 2.01)

1.35 (0.77, 2.37)

 Moderately Wasted

0.86 (0.66, 1.14)

1.28 (0.98, 1.67)

1.01 (0.77, 1.34)

 Low Birth Weight (LBW)

1.04 (0.71, 1.53)

1.50 (1.04, 2.18)*

1.47 (1.02, 2.11) *

Morbidity c and treatment

 Diarrhea in last two week

0.88 (0.62, 1.25)

0.86 (0.63, 1.17)

1.00 (0.74, 1.36)

 Fever in last two weeks

1.16 (0.99, 1.36)

1.12 (0.94, 1.33)

1.19 (1.02, 1.40) *

 Acute Respiratory Infection

1.04 (0.67, 1.63)

0.91 (0.59, 1.41)

1.24 (0.82, 1.87)

 Postnatal checkup of baby within 2 days

1.26 (1.03, 1.54) *

1.17 (0.97, 1.40)

1.39 (1.14, 1.68) ***

 Treatment for fever/cough

0.86 (0.66, 1.14)

1.05 (0.80, 1.39)

0.93 (0.72, 1.18)

 Vitamin A in last six months

0.83 (0.68, 1.01)

0.81 (0.68, 0.99) *

0.71 (0.60, 0.84) ***

  1. Note: *, **, and *** denotes ≤ 0.05, ≤ 0.01, and ≤ 0.001 level of significance; aOR denote adjusted odds ratio, C.I. means confidence interval. a: Adjusted analyses (or aOR) controlled for age of child, sex of child, age of motherhood, religion, respondent's education, household wealth, access to any media for FP, working status of women, women's participation in major decision making, and women's attitude toward wife beating as individual and household level variables; whereas, place of residence, division, community-level education and wealth as community-level variables. b: childhood diseases were also controlled for childhood malnutrition. c: childhood malnutrition was also controlled for childhood diseases