Table 2 Effect of child characteristic on birth weight outcomes upon fitting multinomial logit model to child data, 2015-16 MDHS

Mother’s age’

      <20*

      20−34

1.14 (0.261)

1.00(0.987)

1.14 (0.271)

1.00 (0.984)

      35−49

0.83 (0.24)

0.84 (0.504)

0.83 (0.249)

0.84 (0.503)

Birth order

      1*

      2-3

1.51 (<0.001)

2.00 (<0.001)

1.51 (<0.001)

2.00 (<0.001)

1.54 (<0.001)

1.98 (<0.001)

      4-5

1.64 (<0.001)

2.37 (<0.001)

1.64 (<0.001)

2.36 (<0.001)

1.55 (<0.001)

2.23 (<0.001)

      6+

2.01 (<0.001)

3.36 (<0.001)

2.00 (<0.001)

3.39 (<0.001)

1.63 (<0.001)

2.94 (<0.001)

Mother’s educ

      No educ*

      Primary

1.11 (0.353)

1.16 (0.317)

1.11 (0.332)

1.16 (0.319)

1.13 (0.251)

1.17 (0.276)

      Secondary

1.48 (0.004)

1.13 (0.528)

1.50 (0.003)

1.12 (0.549)

1.53 (0.001)

1.13 (0.501)

      Higher

2.62 (<0.001)

0.93 (0.873)

2.71 (0.001)

0.92 (0.847)

2.71 (<0.001)

0.92 (0.909)

Wealth index

      Poor*

      Rich

1.05 (0.610)

0.99 (0.950)

1.05 (0.563)

0.99 (0.929)

1.05 (0.567)

0.99 (0.920)

      Richer

1.23 (0.026)

1.09 (0.857)

1.26 (0.005)

1.05 (0.629)

1.24 (0.008)

1.04 (0.692)

Residence

      Urban*

      Rural

0.96 (0.658)

1.07 (0.592)

Twin birth

      No*

      Yes

0.14 (<0.001)

0.07 (<0.001)

0.14 (<0.001)

0.07 (<0.001)

0.14 (<0.001)

0.07 (<0.001)

Mother smokes

      No*

      Yes

0.71 (0.630)

0.80 (0.822)

ANC visits

      <3*

      3-7

1.44 (<0.001)

1.48 (0.009)

1.44(<0.001)

1.48 (0.009)

1.44 (<0.001)

1.48 (0.009)

      >7

1.53 (0.121)

1.24 (0.599)

1.51 (0.125)

1.24 (0.591)

1.48 (0.146)

1.22 (0.613)

Child’s Sex

      Female*

      Male

0.73 (<0.001)

0.51 (<0.001)

0.72 (<0.001)

0.51 (<0.001)

0.72(<0.001)

0.51 (<0.001)

Caesarean

      No*

      Yes

0.88 (0.305)

2.32 (<0.001)

0.88 (0.314)

2.31 (<0.001)

0.87 (0.294)

2.30 (<0.001)

AIC

18,085.51

18,082.75

18,085.37