Research Article
Frequentist and Bayesian Regression Approaches for Determining Risk Factors of Child Mortality in Ghana
Table 4
Parameter estimates, odds ratios (OR), and 95% confidence interval (95% CI) from the Bayesian logistic regression model.
| Predictor | (95% CI) | (95% CI) |
| Gender | | | Female | 1 (reference) | 1 (reference) | Male | 0.1876 (-0.052, 0.430) | 1.206 (0.950, 1.537) | Delivery place | | | Private and other health facilities | 1 (reference) | 1 (reference) | Government health facility | -0.217 (-0.471, 0.036) | 0.805 (0.624, 1.037) | Caesarean section | | | No | 1 (reference) | 1 (reference) | Yes | 0.358 (-0.019, 0.716) | 1.430 (1.002, 2.046) | Child size at birth | | | Small | 1 (reference) | 1 (reference) | Average | -0.697 (-1.014, -0.378) | 0. 498 (0.363, 0.685) | Large | -0.667 (-0.957, -0.372) | 0.513 (0.384, 0.689) | Mother’s education | | | No formal education | 1 (reference) | 1 (reference) | Formal education | -0.267 (-0.514, -0.014) | 0.766 (0.589, 0.986) |
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