Research Article
Does Birth Interval Matter in Under-Five Mortality? Evidence from Demographic and Health Surveys from Eight Countries in West Africa
Table 4
Binary regression analysis of the association birth interval and under-five mortality in West Africa disaggregated by county.
| Country | Model 1 cOR (95% CI) | Model 2 aOR (95% CI) |
| Benin | 0.51 (0.39-0.65) | 0.52 (0.40-0.67) | Burkina Faso | 0.68 (0.50-0.91) | 0.64 (0.47-0.89) | Cote d’Ivorie | 0.53 (0.36-0.76) | 0.55 (0.37-0.82) | Gambia | 0.58 (0.35-0.96) | 0.47 (0.27-0.82) | Mali | 0.63 (0.46-0.86) | 0.63 (0.45-0.88) | Nigeria | 0.67 (0.56-0.79) | 0.65 (0.54-0.76) | Sierra Leone | 0.39 (0.30-0.51) | 0.38 (0.29-0.51) | Togo | 0.44 (0.29-0.67) | 0.37 (0.24-0.58) |
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