Table 2: Analytical information about fitted model and Analysis of deviance.

Regression Model Analysis
Parameter Estimates Standard errors t-value P-value
Intercept -0.40678 0.445 -0.91 0.3607
Breastfeeding(BF)
Yes -0.54317 0.141 -3.84 0.0001
Mother's hiv status (HS)
Negative -0.44369 0.224 -1.98 0.0478
Child birth order number (BN)
Linear(BN) -1.00318 0.0884 -11.34 0.0001
Number of children alive (NLC)
Linear(NLC) -1.84894 0.0698 -26.49 0.0001
Mother’s age (RCA)
Linear(RCA) -0.02604 0.01578 -1.65 0.099
Number of children 5 and under (NC5U)
Linear(NC5U) -0.5094 0.05997 -8.49 0.0001
Number of children ever born (TCEB)
Linear(TCEB) 2.2481 0.1069 21.03 0.0001
Smoothing Model Analysis Fit Summary for Smoothing Component
Component Smoothing Parameter GCV Unique observation
Spline(BN) 0.999993 1130.244 16
Spline(NLC) 0.998833 640.5070 15
Spline(RCA) 0.999867 2.553898 35
Spline(NC5U) 0.997705 67.08886 12
Spline(TCEB) 0.99805 675.7124 16
Smoothing Model Analysis of Deviance
Source Degree of freedom Sum of Squares Chi-Square P-value
Spline(BN) 1.83 6.519255 6.519255 0.0322
Spline(NLC) 5.637 310.226235 310.226235 0.0001
Spline(RCA) 2.137 7.341772 7.341772 0.0293
Spline(NC5U) 2.489 18.549708 18.549708 0.0002
Spline(TCEB) 7.532 176.09533 176.09533 0.0001