[Ibadan Journal of Sociology, June, 2019, 9 ]
[© 2014-2019 Ibadan Journal of Sociology]84Maternal current age
15 - 19 (ref.) 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000
20 - 24 0.898 0.384 0.176 0.594
25 - 29 0.566 2.873 0.281 0.558
30 - 34 0.131 17.507 0.185 0.305
35 - 39 0.427 13.517 0.065 0.433
40+ 0.257 24.660 0.055 0.352
Child’s Birth Order
1 0.372 4.168 0.229 0.415
2 - 3 0.362 0.983 0.166 0.327
4 - 6 0.664 0.560 0.108 0.471*
7+ (ref.) 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000
Household source of
drinking water
Basic improved
source
0.638 0.327 1.662 0.682Limited improved
source
0.585 0.101* 0.778 0.450*Unimproved
source
0.826 0.573 0.416 0.651Surface source (ref.) 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000
Household type of
toilet facility
Basic improved
facility
0.583 0.585 2.328 1.105Limited improved
facility
0.285* 1.259 1.727 0.981Unimproved 0.753 0.727 0.692 1.281
Open defecation (ref.) 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000
Household type of
cooking fuel
Non-solid / safe fuel 0.314 1.110 0.918 0 .873
Solid fuel/biomass (ref.) 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000
Indeed, maternal current age is significantly related to U5M across all
categories of education though with great variations in the odds of under-
five deaths among urban poor in the country. For instance, the odds of those
with primary education especially among the age cohorts of 30-34 (OR =
17.507, P<0.05), 35-39 (OR = 13.517, P<0.05) and 40+ (OR = 24.66,
P<0.05) are significantly higher than the odds of under-five deaths among
those with secondary education and above with the same age categories and
educational levels. While those in age group 30-34 are 17.5 times more
likely to experience U5M compared to those in age 15-19, those in the same
age group, but with higher educational level are 18.5% less likely to
experience U5M as compared to those in the reference category. Similar