Table 1 Description of Socio-demographic characteristics of mothers and their newborns

Maternal age in completed years^a

  ≤ 19

721

24.7

 20 + 

2196

75.3

Mother’s level of education^b

 None/Primary

1788

61.1

 Secondary

923

31.6

 Tertiary

213

7.3

Husband’s level of education^c

 None/Primary

1102

37.9

 Secondary

1368

47.0

 Tertiary

439

15.1

Employment status^d

 Unemployed

2174

74.3

 Employed

753

25.1

Wealth quintiles^e

 First (Poorest)

593

20.8

 Second to Fifth

2254

79.2

Marital status^f

 Single/divorced

148

5.2

 Married/Cohabiting

2723

94.8

Mode of birth^g

 Spontaneous vaginal birth

2376

82.0

 Cesarean section

474

16.4

 Vacuum extraction

47

1.6

Sex of the newborn^h

 Male

1487

51.4

 Female

1404

48.6

Birth weight (grams)ⁱ

  < 2500

115

4.0

 2500 – 3999

2665

92.0

 4000 + 

115

4.0