Table 1 Posterior Summary for regression parameter estimates (\(\alpha ,{\beta }{\prime}\text{s and }\gamma\)).

Intercept (\(\widehat{\alpha }\))

2·345

(2·081, 2·533)

0·0020

(− 0·005, 0·009)

0.4311

(0.193, 0.640)

Overall trend (\(\widehat{\upgamma }\))

 − 0·167

(− 0·234, − 0·135)

 − 0·030

(− 0·038, − 0·017)

 − 0.121

(− 0.142, − 0.10)

Individual factors

 Birth Order > 3 \((\widehat{{\upbeta }_{6})}\)

0·4048

(0·199, 0·6211)

1.49900267

Birth interval < 2 \((\widehat{{\upbeta }_{3})}\)

0·4939

(0·476, 0·511)

1.638695

C-Section \(\widehat{{(\upbeta }_{5})}\)

 − 0·125

(− 0·235, 0·140)

0.8824969

Contraception \(\widehat{{(\upbeta }_{4})}\)

 − 0·116

(− 0·266, 0·392)

0.8904752

Anemia (\(\widehat{{\upbeta }_{1})}\)

0·0594

(− 0·066,0.0654)

1.0612

BMI < 18.5 (\(\widehat{{\upbeta }_{2})}\)

0·2912

(0.182, 0.4204)

1.338032

Health systems factors

 Population \(\widehat{({\upbeta }_{16})}\)

0·1655

(0·011, 0·375)

1.179982963

 ANC \(\widehat{({\upbeta }_{7})}\)

 − 0·050

(− 0·058, − 0·044)

0.60653066

 PNC \(\widehat{({\upbeta }_{8})}\)

 − 0·036

(− 0·044, 0·027)

0.964640293

Inst. Delivery \(\widehat{({\upbeta }_{8})}\)

 − 0·720

(− 0·905, − 0·4781)

0.486752

Health Index \(\widehat{({\upbeta }_{10})}\)

 − 0·486

(− 0·811, − 0·2532)

0.615082

Accreditation \(\widehat{({\upbeta }_{11})}\)

 − 0·041

(− 0·055, 0·302)

0.959829

NQAS \(\widehat{({\upbeta }_{12})}\)

 − 0·198

(− 0·359, − 0·0832)

0.82037

GHE \(\widehat{(13)}\)

 − 0·083

(− 0·847, − 0·0496)

0.920351

OOPE \(\widehat{({\upbeta }_{14})}\)

0·2601

(0·1989, 0·3134)

1.29706

JSY \(\widehat{({\upbeta }_{15})}\)

0·3266

(0·2042, 0·4406)

1.386247

Skilled Att.\(\widehat{({\upbeta }_{17})}\)

 − 0·968

(− 1·145, − 0·8026)

0.379842

Model (3) DIC = 1781 Model (2) DIC = 1819 Model (1) DIC = 1858