Table 3 Relationship between preceding child death, socio-economic, bio-demographic variables, and skilled assistance at birth, Nigeria, 2013

  None

1.00

1.00

  Primary

1.84(1.60–2.10)*

1.84(1.61–2.11)*

  Secondary

3.06(2.64–3.56)*

3.16(2.71–3.67)*

  Higher

9.06(6.58–12.48)*

9.09(6.58–12.55)*

  Not working

1.00

1.00

  Professional/services

1.18(0.94–1.49)

1.16(0.92–1.46)

  Sales

1.17(1.02–1.33)*

1.13(0.98–1.29)

  Agriculture/manual

1.06(0.91–1.23)

1.03(0.88–1.19)

  Poorest

1.00

1.00

  Poorer

2.29(1.88–2.79)*

2.29(1.88–2.79)*

  Middle

4.13(3.38–5.04)*

4.11(3.36–5.01)*

  Richer

6.08(4.91–7.53)*

6.06(4.89–7.50)*

  Richest

11.06(8.59–14.25)*

10.98(8.52–14.14)*

  Urban

1.00

1.00

  Rural

0.61(0.54–0.69)*

0.62(0.55–0.69)*

  Northcentral

0.75(0.62–0.89)*

0.75(0.63–0.90)*

  Northeast

0.29(0.24–0.35)*

0.29(0.24–0.35)*

  Northwest

0.20(0.16–0.23)*

0.20(0.16–0.24)*

  Southeast

1.27(1.02–1.57)*

1.26(1.02–1.57)*

  South-south

0.41(0.34–0.49)*

0.40(0.33–0.49)*

  Southwest

1.00

1.00

  <  20 years

1.00

1.00

  20–34 years

4.74(3.64–6.17)*

1.30(0.96–1.77)

  > = 35 years

6.85(5.19–9.05)*

1.56(1.12–2.18)*

  Not currently married

1.00

1.00

  Currently married

0.79(0.65–0.97)*

1.04(0.81–1.32)

  2

1.00

1.00

  3

0.75(0.66–0.85)*

0.92(0.78–1.09)

  4+

0.43(0.38–0.48)*

0.97(0.84–1.13)

  < 24 months

1.00

1.00

  24–36 months

0.88(0.79–0.98)*

0.99(0.86–1.14)

  > 36 months

1.03(0.92–1.14)

1.12(0.97–1.29)

  Dead

0.56(0.50–0.63)*

0.95(0.80–1.13)

0.60(0.53–0.68)*

0.97(0.81–1.15)

  Alive

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

  Log likelihood

−10,739.6

− 6745.35

−10,453.92

− 6729.49

  p value (Wald statistic)

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001