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Table 1 Characteristics of mothers, their husbands, and their infants

From: Sociocultural influences on newborn health in the first 6 weeks of life: qualitative study in a fishing village in Karachi, Pakistan

Characteristic

Frequency (%)

General

 

  Family structure (n = 10)

 

   Nuclear

5 (50%)

   Extended

5 (50%)

   No. members in household (range)

3 – 14 people

  Annual family income after taxes (n = 10)

 

   Rs $10,000 to 49,999 (US $110-$550)

2 (20%)

   ≥ Rs $50,000 (US $550)

8 (80%)

Mother *

 

  Age, years (n = 8)

 

   Range (median)

26 to 35 (31)

  Marital Status (n = 10)

 

   Married

10 (100%)

  Language (n = 10)

 

   Sindhi

10 (100%)

   Urdu

9 (90%)

  Education (n = 9)

 

   Not educated

5 (50%)

   Below grade 5

2 (20%)

   Between grade 5 and 10

2 (20%)

  Employment (n = 2)

 

   House-hold chores

1 (50%)

   Part-time work

1 (50%)

  Parity (n = 10)

 

   Primiparous

3 (30%)

   Multiparous

7 (70%)

  Primary responsibility of child (n = 10)

 

   Mother-in-law

3 (30%)

   Mother

7 (80%)

Father *^

 

  Age, years (n = 9)

 

   Range (median)

25 to 37 (32)

  Language (n = 10)

 

   Sindhi

10 (100%)

   Urdu

7 (70%)

   Baloch

1 (10%)

  Education (n = 10)

 

   Not educated

5 (50%)

   Below grade 5

3 (30%)

   Between grade 5 and 10

1 (10%)

   Graduate education

1 (10%)

  Employment (n = 10)

 

   Full-time

6 (60%)

   Part-time

4 (40%)

  Occupation (n = 7)

 

   Fisherman

5 (50%)

   Hotel job

1 (10%)

   Government Employee

1 (10%)

Child *

 

  Sex (n = 9)

 

   Male

3 (33%)

   Female

6 (67%)

  Birth weight (n = 2)

 

   Low birth weight

1 (50%)

  Age at time of interview (n = 9)

 

   ≤ 1 week

4 (40%)

   1-2 weeks

4 (40%)

   2-3 weeks

2 (20%)

  Breastfeeding at the time of contact

10 (100%)

  Illness since birth

 

   Yes (fever, jaundice, blue at birth)

3 (30%)

   No

7 (70%)

  Hospitalized since birth

 

   Yes (2 hours for “water in abdomen”)

1 (10%)

   No

9 (90%)

  No. of siblings

 

   Range

3 to 7

   Females

23

   Males

12

  1. *Number less than 10 reflect missing data.
  2. ^The mother individually or in consultation with the family (i.e., father/grandmother) completed one demographic questionnaire for the household. The mother, father, and primary decision-maker were from the same household.