Table 1 Mother’s sociodemographic characteristics, stratified by foetal outcome and crude ORs for fatal outcome, in the Taabo HDSS in 2011–2014, as assessed by univariate logistic regression analysis
Sociodemographic characteristics | Foetal outcome | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Live birtha | Fatal birth | Total | |||
2858 (96.0) | 118 (4.0) | 2976 (100.0) | OR (95% CI) | P-value | |
Maternal age (years) | |||||
20–34 | 1994 (69.8) | 80 (67.8) | 2074 (69.7) | 1.00 | |
≤19 | 389 (13.6) | 16 (13.6) | 405 (13.6) | 1.05 (0.61, 1.80) | 0.861 |
≥35 | 475 (16.6) | 22 (18.6) | 497 (16.7) | 1.17 (0.73, 1.89) | 0.514 |
Educational attainment | |||||
Never attended school | 1795 (62.8) | 75 (63.6) | 1870 (62.8) | 1.00 | |
Primary school | 823 (28.8) | 34 (28.8) | 857 (28.8) | 0.99 (0.65, 1.50) | 0.957 |
Secondary school or higher | 240 (8.4) | 9 (7.6) | 249 (8.4) | 0.90 (0.44, 1.82) | 0.763 |
Literacy | |||||
Literate | 578 (20.2) | 21 (17.8) | 599 (20.1) | 1.00 | |
Illiterate | 2280 (79.8) | 97 (82.2) | 2377 (79.9) | 1.17 (0.72, 1.89) | 0.520 |
Socioeconomic status (wealth tertile) | |||||
Least poor | 955 (33.4) | 35 (29.7) | 990 (33.2) | 1.00 | |
Poor | 957 (33.5) | 36 (30.5) | 993 (33.4) | 1.03 (0.64, 1.64) | 0.915 |
Most poor | 946 (33.1) | 47 (39.8) | 993 (33.4) | 1.35 (0.87, 2.11) | 0.184 |
Marital status | |||||
Unmarried | 221 (7.7) | 14 (11.9) | 235 (7.9) | 1.00 | |
Common-law union | 1164 (40.7) | 41 (34.7) | 1205 (40.5) | 0.54 (0.29, 1.01) | 0.053 |
Married | 1457 (51.0) | 62 (52.5) | 1519 (51.0) | 0.66 (0.36, 1.18) | 0.159 |
Divorced/widowed | 16 (0.6) | 1 (0.9) | 17 (0.6) | 1.39 (0.24, 8.02) | 0.714 |
Religion | |||||
Christian | 221 (7.7) | 14 (11.9) | 235 (7.9) | 1.00 | |
Muslim | 1164 (40.7) | 41 (34.7) | 1205 (40.5) | 0.99 (0.66, 1.48) | 0.961 |
Animist | 1457 (51.0) | 62 (52.5) | 1519 (51.0) | 0.33 (0.02, 5.46) | 0.439 |
Other religion | 16 (0.6) | 1 (0.8) | 14 (0.6) | 0.62 (0.34, 1.15) | 0.129 |
Residency | |||||
Urban | 371 (13.0) | 11 (9.3) | 382 (12.8) | 1.00 | |
Rural | 2486 (87.0) | 107 (90.7) | 2594 (87.2) | 1.45 (0.77, 2.73) | 0.246 |