Coverage, quality of and barriers to postnatal care in rural Hebei, China: a mixed method study

Table 1 Characteristics of participants and their family in rural Hebei, China 2011 (N = 1601) ^$

Characteristics	n	%
Maternal age, yr*	27	(24–30)
Maternal Hukou
Urban	20	1.26
Rural	1563	98.74
Maternal education
Primary school	82	5.27
Junior high school	1238	79.51
High school	187	12.01
College or above	50	3.21
Maternal occupation
Farmer	1186	74.92
Worker/Staff	64	4.04
Housewife	278	17.56
Others	55	3.47
Family size*	5	(4–6)
Annual family income, Yuan*	20000	(10000–30000)
Annual family consumption* expenditure, Yuan*	15000	(10000–20000)
Children’s gender
Male	916	57.21
Female	685	42.79

^$18 were missing for maternal age, maternal Hukou and maternal occupation respectively, 44 were missing for maternal education, 638 were missing for annual family income and 603 were missing for annual family consumption expenditure.
*Continuous variables were expressed as median (Q1-Q3).

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