Table 2 Relationship between preceding child death, socio-economic, bio-demographic variables, and antenatal care utilization, Nigeria, 2013

  None

1.00

1.00

  Primary

2.17(1.93–2.44)*

2.18(1.94–2.45)*

  Secondary

3.28(2.83–3.79)*

3.37(2.92–3.91)*

  Higher

7.22(4.85–10.75)*

7.29(4.89–10.86)*

  Not working

1.00

1.00

  Professional/services

1.52(1.20–1.93)*

1.50(1.18–1.90)*

  Sales

1.29(1.16–1.44)*

1.25(1.12–1.40)*

  Agriculture/manual

1.28(1.14–1.45)*

1.24(1.10–1.41)*

  Poorest

1.00

1.00

  Poorer

1.82(1.62–2.05)*

1.83(1.63–2.06)*

  Middle

3.25(2.85–3.72)*

3.26(2.85–3.72)*

  Richer

5.72(4.84–6.76)*

5.74(4.85–6.78)*

  Richest

7.66(6.01–9.75)*

7.68(6.04–9.78)*

  Urban

1.00

1.00

  Rural

0.58(0.52–0.66)*

0.59(0.52–0.67)*

  Northcentral

0.83(0.68–1.02)

0.84(0.69–1.03)

  North east

0.65(0.54–0.80)*

0.66(0.54–0.81)*

  Northwest

0.57(0.47–0.69)*

0.57(0.47–0.69)*

  Southeast

1.00(0.77–1.31)

0.99(0.76–1.30)

  South-south

0.39(0.32–0.48)*

0.39(0.32–0.48)*

  Southwest

1.00

1.00

  <  20 years

1.00

1.00

  20–34 years

2.93(2.40–3.57)*

1.13(0.90–1.43)

  > = 35 years

3.86(3.11–4.79)*

1.31(1.02–1.68)*

  Not currently married

1.00

1.00

  Currently married

0.69(0.57–0.85)*

0.95(0.75–1.20)

  2

1.00

1.00

  3

0.80(0.70–0.90)*

0.98(0.84–1.15)

  4+

0.54(0.49–0.60)*

1.03(0.90–1.18)

  < 24 months

1.00

1.00

  24–36 months

0.91(0.82–1.00)

1.02(0.91–1.15)

  > 36 months

1.05(0.95–1.17)

1.14(1.01–1.29)*

  Dead

0.64(0.57–0.71)*

0.98 (0.87–1.12)

0.67(0.61–0.75)*

1.00(0.88–1.14)

  Alive

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

  Log likelihood

− 11,422.43

− 8404.44

−11,243.46

− 8389.31

  p value (Wald statistic)

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001