Frequentist and Bayesian Regression Approaches for Determining Risk Factors of Child Mortality in Ghana

Table 3

Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence interval (95% CI) from frequentist logistic regression model.

Predictor	uaOR(95% CI)	aOR(95% CI)
Gender
Female	1 (reference)	1 (reference)
Male	1.165 (0.918, 1.478)	1.202 (0.946, 1.527)
Delivery place
Private and other health facilities	1 (reference)	1 (reference)
Government health facility	0.792 (0.623, 1.006)	0.804 (0.624, 1.036)
Caesarean section
No	1 (reference)	1 (reference)
Yes	1.314 (0.924, 1.868)	1.449 (1.005, 2.089)
Child size at birth
Small	1 (reference)	1 (reference)
Average	0.780 (0.600, 1.014)	0.498 (0.362,0.684)
Large	0.774 (0.610, 0.983)	0.513 (0.384, 0.685)
Mother’s education
No formal education	1 (reference)	1 (reference)
Formal education	0.748 (0.588, 0.952)	0.766 (0.596, 0.984)

Variables with value .