Table 2 Multilevel logistic regression analysis of individual-, household- and community-level factors related to child morbidity.
Variable | Model 0 | Model I aOR (95% CI) | Model II aOR (95% CI) | Model III aOR (95% CI) | Model IV aOR (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Individual-level | |||||
Children’s age in months | |||||
0–11 | 1 | 1 | |||
12–23 | 1.38 (1.12–1.71) b | 1.38 (1.12–1.70) b | |||
24–59 | 0.72 (0.58–0.89) b | 0.71 (0.57–0.88) b | |||
Sex of children | |||||
Male | 1 | 1 | |||
Female | 0.91 (0.79–1.04) | 0.90 (0.78–1.04) | |||
Wasting | |||||
No | 1 | 1 | |||
Yes | 1.07 (0.86–1.33) | 1.06 (0.86–1.32) | |||
Currently breastfeeding | |||||
No | 1 | ||||
Yes | 0.82 (0.68–0.99) c | 0.82 (0.68–0.99) c | |||
Household-level | |||||
Mother’s education | |||||
No education | 1 | 1 | |||
Primary | 1.24 (0.90–1.72) | 1.21 (0.87–1.69) | |||
Secondary | 1.44 (1.05–1.96) c | 1.42 (1.03–1.95) c | |||
Higher | 1.02 (0.72–1.46) | 0.98 (0.68–1.41) | |||
Mother’s currently working status | |||||
No | 1 | 1 | |||
Yes | 1.04 (0.89–1.23) | 1.07 (0.90–1.27) | |||
Sex of household head | |||||
Male | 1 | 1 | |||
Female | 1.02 (0.82–1.26) | 1.04 (0.84–1.29) | |||
Wealth index | |||||
Poorest | 1 | 1 | |||
Poorer | 1.08 (0.87–1.34) | 1.04 (0.83–1.30) | |||
Middle | 0.93 (0.74–1.16) | 0.90 (0.71–1.13) | |||
Richer | 0.97 (0.77–1.22) | 0.91 (0.71–1.16) | |||
Richest | 0.80 (0.62–1.04) | 0.74 (0.56–0.97) c | |||
Community-level | |||||
Place of residence | |||||
Urban | 1 | 1 | |||
Rural | 0.88 (0.73–1.06) | 0.78 (0.65–0.95) c | |||
Division | |||||
Barisal | 1 | 1 | |||
Chittagong | 0.98 (0.72–1.33) | 0.94 (0.69–1.28) | |||
Dhaka | 0.79 (0.57–1.08) | 0.78 (0.56–1.09) | |||
Khulna | 1.14 (0.82–1.60) | 1.11 (0.79–1.56) | |||
Mymensingh | 0.93 (0.67–1.30) | 0.90 (0.64–1.25) | |||
Rajshahi | 1.26 (0.89–1.78) | 1.22 (0.86–1.73) | |||
Rangpur | 1.01 (0.72–1.41) | 0.95 (0.68–1.33) | |||
Sylhet | 0.99 (0.71–1.37) | 1.02 (0.73–1.43) | |||
Community-level media | |||||
Low | 1 | 1 | |||
High | 0.91 (0.76–1.09) | 0.95 (0.79–1.15) | |||
Model diagnosis | |||||
Variance (CI) | 0.29 (0.18–0.45) | 0.29 (0.18–0.45) | 0.29 (0.18–0.45) | 0.27 (0.17–0.43) | 0.27 (0.17–0.44) |
ICC (%) | 8.031 | 8.011 | 8.013 | 7.663 | 7.633 |
PCV (%) | Ref | 0.249 | 0.224 | 4.582 | 4.956 |
Model fitness | |||||
Log-likelihood | -2550.82 | -2530.28 | -2537.71 | -2545.37 | -2509.67 |
AIC | 5105.63 | 5074.56 | 5097.41 | 5112.74 | 5069.34 |
BIC | 5118.22 | 5118.62 | 5166.66 | 5181.99 | 5226.72 |
N | 4,005 | 4,005 | 4,005 | 4,005 | 4,005 |
Interaction effect | |||||
Wealth*place of residence | |||||
Poorer*rural | 0.71 (0.38–1.31) | ||||
Middle*rural | 1.19 (0.66–2.16) | ||||
Richer*rural | 1.04 (0.57–1.87) | ||||
Richest*rural | 0.65 (0.35–1.20) | ||||
Maternal education*currently breastfeeding | |||||
Primary*yes | 1.15 (0.60–2.24) | ||||
Secondary*yes | 0.84 (0.45–1.56) | ||||
Higher *yes | 0.83 (0.42–1.64) | ||||
