Table 4 Relationship between preceding child death, socio-economic, bio-demographic variables, and postnatal care utilization, Nigeria, 2013

  None

1.00

1.00

  Primary

1.93(1.69–2.20)*

1.92(1.68–2.20)*

  Secondary

2.58(2.23–2.98)*

2.57(2.22–2.97)*

  Higher

4.11(3.28–5.16)*

4.10(3.26–5.14)*

  Not working

1.00

1.00

  Professional/services

1.24(1.03–1.49)*

1.24(1.03–1.50)*

  Sales

1.47(1.30–1.66)*

1.47(1.30–1.66)*

  Agriculture/manual

1.20(1.05–1.37)*

1.20(1.05–1.38)*

  Poorest

1.00

1.00

  Poorer

1.79(1.51–2.11)*

1.78(1.51–2.10)*

  Middle

2.54(2.14–3.02)*

2.53(2.13–3.01)*

  Richer

3.71(3.08–4.47)*

3.72(3.09–4.49)*

  Richest

4.75(3.83–5.90)*

4.79(3.85–5.95)*

  Urban

1.00

1.00

  Rural

0.86(0.76–0.96)*

0.86(0.77–0.96)*

  Northcentral

0.52(0.45–0.61)*

0.52(0.45–0.61)*

  Northeast

0.75(0.66–0.93)*

0.75(0.66–0.93)*

  Northwest

0.48(0.41–0.57)*

0.48(0.41–0.57)*

  Southeast

0.39(0.32–0.47)*

0.39(0.32–0.47)*

  South-south

0.49(0.42–0.58)*

0.49(0.41–0.58)*

  Southwest

1.00

1.00

  <  20 years

1.00

1.00

  20–34 years

2.20(1.72–2.82)*

0.92(0.71–1.20)

  > = 35 years

2.61(2.00–3.41)*

0.94(0.71–1.26)

  Not currently married

1.00

1.00

  Currently married

0.76(0.62–0.94)*

0.80(0.64–1.00)

  2

1.00

1.00

  3

0.86(0.75–0.98)*

1.00(0.87–1.16)

  4+

0.57(0.51–0.64)*

0.99(0.87–1.12)

  < 24 months

1.00

1.00

  24–36 months

0.93(0.83–1.05)

1.00(0.88–1.13)

  > 36 months

1.03(0.92–1.16)

1.00(0.88–1.14)

  Dead

0.65(0.57–0.74)*

0.96(0.83–1.11)

0.69(0.60–0.78)*

0.95(0.83–1.11)

  Alive

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

  Log likelihood

− 9750.86

− 8119.01

− 9647.72

− 8116.12

  p value (Wald statistic)

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001