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Table 1 Demographics and baseline characteristics of women included in the full analysis set

From: Factors influencing access of pregnant women and their infants to their local healthcare system: a prospective, multi-centre, observational study

 

Panama

Dominican Republic

South Africa

Mozambique

PA_1

PA_2

PA_3

DR_1

DR_2

SA_1

SA_2

SA_3

SA_4

MO_1

N = 263

N = 63

N = 174

N = 276

N = 224

N = 500

N = 499

N = 500

N = 490

N = 251

Age (years)

 Mean ± SD

24.3 ± 5.2

28.8 ± 6.0

25.0 ± 5.6

24.1 ± 5.1

25.0 ± 5.4

29.0 ± 6.4

25.8 ± 5.9

27.4 ± 5.9

26.0 ± 5.4

25.0 ± 6.3

  < 18, n (%)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (0.6)

1 (0.4)

2 (0.9)

1 (0.2)

0 (0)

1 (0.2)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 18–22, n (%)

113 (43.0)

10 (15.9)

71 (40.8)

132 (47.8)

92 (41.1)

92 (18.4)

182 (36.5)

125 (25.0)

150 (30.6)

111 (44.2)

 23–27, n (%)

94 (35.7)

20 (31.7)

50 (28.7)

74 (26.8)

67 (29.9)

134 (26.8)

147 (29.5)

147 (29.4)

164 (33.5)

55 (21.9)

 28–32, n (%)

32 (12.2)

13 (20.6)

32 (18.4)

43 (15.6)

40 (17.9)

124 (24.8)

93 (18.6)

126 (25.2)

112 (22.9)

47 (18.7)

 33–37, n (%)

19 (7.2)

16 (25.4)

15 (8.6)

25 (9.1)

15 (6.7)

97 (19.4)

50 (10.0)

66 (13.2)

47 (9.6)

28 (11.2)

  ≥ 38, n (%)

5 (1.9)

4 (6.3)

5 (2.9)

1 (0.4)

8 (3.6)

52 (10.4)

27 (5.4)

35 (7.0)

17 (3.5)

10 (4.0)

Gestational age (weeks)

 Mean ± SD

28.7 ± 3.7

32.7 ± 4.0

29.6 ± 4.4

33.5 ± 4.8

31.1 ± 4.4

32.7 ± 4.6

30.9 ± 2.0

30.7 ± 1.9

30.8 ± 1.8

30.5 ± 2.3

Gestational age calculation method

 Fundal height, n (%)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (0.6)

12 (4.3)

1 (0.4)

90 (18.0)

100 (20.0)

263 (52.6)

140 (28.6)

249 (99.2)

 Last menstrual period, n (%)

201 (76.4)

36 (57.1)

113 (64.9)

107 (38.8)

139 (62.1)

220 (44.0)

346 (69.3)

181 (36.2)

32 (6.5)

2 (0.8)

 Ultrasound, n (%)

62 (23.6)

27 (42.9)

56 (32.2)

156 (56.5)

84 (37.5)

190 (38.0)

53 (10.6)

56 (11.2)

318 (64.9)

0 (0)

 Other: Last menstrual period + ultrasound, n (%)

0 (0)

0 (0)

4 (2.3)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Women having other children under care

 n (%)

151 (57.4)

42 (66.7)

92 (52.9)

183 (66.3)

132 (58.9)

304 (60.8)

286 (57.3)

278 (55.6)

217 (44.3)

182 (72.5)

Women caring for other children with alternative childcare provider available

 n (%)

147 (97.4)

37 (88.1)

79 (85.9)

162 (88.5)

124 (93.9)

304 (100)

284 (99.3)

277 (99.6)

215 (99.1)

179 (98.4)

  1. N number of women per group, n (%) number (percentage) of women in each category, SD standard deviation