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Table 2 Demographic and obstetric characteristics of according to time of birth

From: Is time of birth a predictor of adverse perinatal outcome? A hospital-based cross-sectional study in a low-resource setting, Tanzania

Socio-demographic characteristics

Time of delivery (Shifts)

Morning n = 780(%)

Evening n = 577(%)

Night n = 1279(%)

Age

  < 20 yrs

56 (7.2)

23 (3.9)

29 (2.3)

 20-35 yrs

614 (78.8)

476 (82.5)

1012 (83.8)

 35 + yrs

110 (14.1)

78 (13.5)

176 (13.8)

Education level

 No formal education

10 (1.3)

13 (2.2)

19 (1.5)

 Primary School

443 (56.8)

338 (58.6)

792 (62.0)

 Secondary School

216 (27.7)

146 (25.3)

305 (23.8)

 College education

111 (14.2)

80 (13.9)

163 (12.7)

Parity

 Primipara

276 (35.4)

192 (33.3)

458 (35.8)

 Multipara

504 (64.6)

385 (66.7)

821 (64.2)

Gestation age

   

 36 weeks

76 (9.7)

48 (8.3)

106 (8.3)

 37 + weeks

704 (90.3)

529 (91.7)

1173 (91.7)

Source of admission

 Referral another Hospital

233 (29.9)

192 (33.3)

489 (38.2)

 From home

536 (68.7)

375 (65.0)

777 (60.8)

 Antenatal admissions

11 (1.4)

109 (1.7)

6 (1.0)