Table 1 Socio demographic profile of cases and controls
From: Risk factors for stillbirths: how much can a responsive health system prevent?
Socio demographic variables | Cases n (%) N = 400 | Controls n (%) N = 800 | p-value* |
|---|---|---|---|
Age of father (mean) in years | 27.32 (4.2) | 27.5 (3.2) | 0.26 |
Age of mother (mean) in years | 23.9 (3.7) | 24.5 (3.1) | 0.002* |
Education of mothers | Â | Â | 0.78 |
 Illiterate | 292 (73.0%) | 563 (70.4%) |  |
 Just literate | 66 (16.5%) | 126 (15.8%) |  |
 Primary school completed | 23 (5.8%) | 59 (7.4%) |  |
 High and senior secondary school completed | 18 (4.5%) | 49 (6.1%) |  |
 Graduation and above | 1(0.3) | 3 (0.4) |  |
Occupation of mothers | Â | Â | 0.016* |
 Agriculture | 31 (7.8) | 105 (13.2) |  |
 Home maker | 283 (70.8) | 517 (64.6) |  |
 Office job | 0 | 2 (0.3) |  |
 Manual laborer | 84 (21.0) | 175 (21.9) |  |
 Others | 2 (0.5) | 1 (0.1) |  |
Education of fathers | Â | Â | <0.001* |
 Illiterate | 152 (38.0) | 310 (38.8) |  |
 Just literate | 120 (30.0) | 207 (25.8) |  |
 Primary school completed | 77 (19.3) | 100 (12.5) |  |
 High and senior secondary school completed | 44 (11.1) | 162 (20.3) |  |
 Graduation and above | 7 (1.8) | 21.0 (2.6) |  |
Occupation of fathers | Â | Â | 0.023* |
 Agriculture | 127 (31.8) | 248 (31.0) |  |
 Office job | 8 (2.0) | 26 (3.3) |  |
 Industry | 24 (6.0) | 85 (10.7) |  |
 Manual laborer | 237 (59.3) | 435 (54.4) |  |
 Others | 4 (1.1) | 6 (0.7) |  |