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Table 1 General characteristics of participants in the two study districts

From: Antibiotic knowledge, attitudes and reported practice during pregnancy and six months after birth: a follow- up study in Lao PDR

Characteristics

Total

(n = 539)

Feuang

(n = 274, 51%)

Vangvieng

(n = 265,49%)

P-value

Age (mean SD)

24.7 ± 6.1

23.9 ± 6.0

25.5 ± 6.0

< 0.01

Household size (median number of people, IQR)

5 (4–7)

6 (4–8)

5 (4–7)

0.10

Incomea (Lao Kips)

(median, IQR)

2000,.000

(1000,000-3,000,000)

1,200,000

(600,000-2,500,000)

2000,000

(1,500,000-3,500,000)

< 0.01

Ethnic-group

   

< 0.01

 Lao-Tai (main ethnic group)

247 (45.8)

106 (38.6)

141 (53.2)

 

 Other ethnic groups

292 (54.1)

168 (61.3)

124 (46.7)

 

Education

   

< 0.01

 Illiterate

61 (11.3)

36 (13.1)

25 (9.4)

 

 Primary

164 (30.4)

107 (39.0)

57 (21.5)

 

 Lower secondary and higher

314 (58.2)

131(47.8)

183 (69.0)

 

Occupation

   

< 0.01

 Farmer

254 (47.1)

147 (53.6)

107 (40.3)

 

 Housewife/work without pay

190 (35.2)

89 (32.4)

101 (38.1)

 

 Work with pay

95 (17.6)

38 (13.8)

57(21.5)

 

Number of pregnancies

    

 1

181 (33.5)

88 (32.1)

93 (35.0)

0.27

 2

126 (23.3)

59 (21.5)

67 (25.2)

 

  > =3

232 (43.0)

127 (46.4)

105 (39.6)

 

ANC visits during pregnancy

   

0.04

  < =1

33 (6.1)

14 (5.1)

19 (7.1)

 

 2–3

50 (9.2)

18 (6.5)

32 (12.0)

 

  > =4

456 (84.6)

242 (88.3)

214 (80.7)

 

Delivery mode

   

0.37

 Vaginal

512 (94.8)

258 (94.1)

254 (95.8)

 

 Assisted or c-section

27 (5.2)

16 (5.8)

11(4.1)

 
  1. Abbreviations: ANC antenatal care, SD standard deviation, IQR Interquartile range, a Income information was missing from 20 women