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Table 6 Results of binary logit - determinants of birth weight

From: A cross-sectional study of determinants of birth weight of neonates in the Greater Accra region of Ghana

 

B

S.E.

Wald

Sig.

Exp(B)

95 % C.I. for Exp(B)

Lower

Upper

Age (years)

−0.046

0.276

0.028

0.868

0.955

0.557

1.64

Education

−0.3

0.172

3.048

0.081

0.741

0.529

1.037

Occupation

−0.466

0.247

3.57

0.059

0.628

0.387

1.018

Monthly income (GHc)

.013

.274

.002

0.961

1.013

.592

1.733

Haemoglobin at birth (g/dl)

.286

.446

.411

0.521

1.331

.555

3.189

Mothers BMI (kg/m2)

.050

.030

2.688

0.101

1.051

.990

1.115

SBP at birth (mm/Hg)

−.010

.012

.780

0.377

.990

.967

1.013

DBP at birth (mm/Hg)

−.048

.018

7.069

0.008

.953

.921

.988

Gestation at birth (weeks)

−.708

.382

3.426

0.064

.493

.233

1.043