Table 5 Care-Seeking Conditioned on Referral Status by Sex of the Newborn Stratified by Family Composition, Ethnicity During and Neonatal Period¹

No Prior Living Children

 Early Neonatal Period (N = 2004)

46.4 % (243)

42.0 % (231)

1.19

0.96 – 1.49

 Late Neonatal Period (N = 2128)

52.2 % (201)

45.8 % (154)

1.29

0.98 – 1.70

Families with Prior Boys/Boys & Girls

 Early Neonatal Period (N = 1769)

38.3 % (198)

37.3 % (171)

1.04

0.80 – 1.35

 Late Neonatal Period (N = 1816)

40.9 % (137)

39.2 % (118)

1.07

0.77 – 1.50

Families with Only Prior Girls

 Early Neonatal Period (N = 1166)

43.3 % (142)

30.1 % (98)

1.78

1.29 – 2.45

 Late Neonatal Period (N = 1214)

43.7 % (94)

34.0 % (67)

1.51

1.03 – 2.21

No Prior Living Children

 Early Neonatal Period (N = 3804)

64.3 % (615)

49.8 % (457)

1.82

1.50 – 2.21

 Late Neonatal Period (N = 3926)

68.1 % (431)

55.7 % (297)

1.70

1.32 – 2.17

Families with Prior Boys/Boys & Girls

 Early Neonatal Period (N = 5863)

52.8 % (773)

36.7 % (504)

1.92

1.63 – 2.27

 Late Neonatal Period (N = 6067)

57.1 % (581)

41.0 % (349)

1.92

1.59 – 2.32

Families with Only Prior Girls

 Early Neonatal Period (N = 2736)

58.6 % (380)

33.1 (238)

2.86

2.28 – 3.59

 Late Neonatal Period (N = 2852)

62.0 % (271)

40.0 % (154)

2.45

1.84 – 3.26