Complex Survival System Modeling for Risk Assessment of Infant Mortality Using a Parametric Approach

Table 2

The coefficient estimates of influential factors for infant survival obtained by the PLS-FPM coupled with GF-distribution.

Factor	Coefficient
Mother’s age	-0.2599634
Province	0.1152137
Type of place of residence	-0.2259600
Selected for domestic violence module	-0.1314814
Mother’s educational level	0.1150733
Type of toilet facility	0.1306607
Household has: television	0.1123271
Main roof material	-0.1824950
Relationship to household head	-0.1462302
Sex of household head	0.1263040
Toilet facilities shared with other households	0.1128781
Wealth index	-0.2221866
Total children ever born	0.1440127
Sons died	0.1444297
Daughters died	0.1380171
Used contraceptive methods	0.1255910
Have mosquito bed net for sleeping	-0.1472814
Getting medical help for self: getting permission to go	0.2765390
Getting medical help for self: getting money needed for treatment	0.1091858
Getting medical help for self: distance to health facility	0.2711795
Getting medical help for self: having to take transport	0.1405939
Getting medical help for self: not wanting to go alone	0.1932727
Heard of tuberculosis or TB	-0.2165038
Person who usually decides on visits to family or relatives	-0.1273039
Preceding birth interval (in months)	-0.1647803
Duration of breastfeeding	-0.1697750
Blood relation with husband	-0.1285042
Total pregnancy outcomes	-0.1926369