Comparison of Bayesian and Classical Methods for Exploring the Important Factors regarding Maternal and Child Health Care

Table 2

Comparison of widths regarding 95% CI for ORs under classical and Bayesian logistic regression models for ANC and medical drugs.

Factor	ANC		Medical drugs
	Classical	Bayesian	Classical	Bayesian
Mother’s age at birth
<20	0.417	0.341	0.965	0.788
20–34	0.305	0.259	0.750	0.603
35–49 (R)	1	1	1	1
Birth order
1	0.704	0.606	2.970	2.502
2–3	0.483	0.401	1.207	1.043
4–5	0.402	0.338	0.777	0.643
6+ (R)			1	1
Residence	1	1
Urban (R)			1	1
Rural	0.128	0.106	0.108	0.091
Mother’s education	0.000	0.000
No education	0.070	0.060	0.031	0.026
Primary	0.131	0.112	0.134	0.113
Middle	0.179	0.148	0.237	0.227
Secondary	0.255	0.214	0.287	0.236
Higher (R)	1	1	1	1
Wealth quintile
Lowest	0.064	0.054	0.033	0.027
Second	0.086	0.070	0.064	0.054
Middle	0.110	0.094	0.185	0.156
Fourth	0.201	0.170	0.409	0.331
Highest (R)	1	1	1	1
Province
Punjab (R)	1	1	1	1
Sindh	0.242	0.208	0.750	0.165
KPK	0.217	0.191	0.131	0.113
Balochistan	0.320	0.268	0.050	0.043