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International Journal of
Population Studies Child mortality by residence in Ethiopia

Table 2. Binary mixed effects multilevel regression model (N=8162), EDHS, 2016
Attributes Model 0 Model I Model II Model III
Coef. [CI] Coef. [CI] Coef. [CI] Coef. [CI]
Constant −3.015 [−0.60, −2.43]*** −2.84 [−3.001, −2.0681]*** −3.081 [3.30, −2.87]*** −2.457 [−2.94, −1.97]***
Community-level attributes
Place of residence (rural)
Urban −0.883 [−1.216, −0.549] *** −0.768 [−0.045, −0.006]*** −0.543 [−0.929, −0.156]***
Region: Emerging (ref)
Developed 0.4261 [0.237,0.615] *** 0.472 [0.272,0.672]*** 0.3381 [0.112,0.565)***
Urban 0.230 [−0.188,0.649] 0.353 [−0.074,0.780] 0.329 [0.110,0.769]
Household-level attributes
Household size (+6) (ref)
< 6 0.482 [0.301, 0.663]*** 0.853 [0.622, 1.083]***
Type of sanitation (unimproved)
Improved −0.535 [−0.894, −0.175]*** −0.498 [−0.857, −0.139]***
Wealth status: Poor (ref)
Non-poor 0.0616 [−0.150,0.272] 0.008 [−0.051, 0.390]
Individual-level attributes
Child sex: (Male)
Female 0.2515 [0.068,0.434]***
Birth weight: (Small)
Large −0.168 [−0.402,0.064]
Average −0.232 [−0.452, -0.015]**
Birth order (5 & above)
th
First −0.626 [−0.96, -0.29]***
th
2 – 4 −0.624 [−0.866, −0.382]***
nd
Place of birth: Home (ref.)
Health facility 0.195 [0.452, 0.063]
Religion: Muslim (ref)
Orthodox 0.346 [0.613, −0.079]**
Others 0.048 [0.297, 0.200]
Education: No education (ref)
Primary or above −0.121 [−0.358, 0.114]
Age at first birth (<18+)
18 and above −0.269 [−0.655, 0.117]
Random effect
Community-level variance 161 [0.020,01.334] 9.74e 36 4.21e 35 3.58e 35
Household-level variance 104 [0.025,0,434] 0.111 [0.028,432] 0.101 [0.023,0.444] 0.102 [0.023,0.455]
ICC 0.074 0.033 0.030 0.30
AIC 3857.55 3833.27 3801.94 3766.10
BIC 3878.57 3868.31 3857.99 3829.21
LR test (χ2) - 28.27*** 37,34*** 55.86***
Note: ***P < 0.01, **P < 0.05, *P < 0.1.

mothers (P < 0.05). In this study, maternal education, significant difference to explain child mortality inequality
maternal age at birth, and wealth status had no statistically by place of residence (Table 2).

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