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Table 1 Descriptive Statistics

From: Partnership, living arrangements, and low birth weight: evidence from a population-based study on Spanish mothers

Mothers without partner

Mothers with partner

 

Without non-nuclear coresidents

With non-nuclear coresidents

Without non-nuclear coresidents

With non-nuclear coresidents

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

Year of birth

 2011

45.2

786

39.9

896

52.1

8761

53.5

870

 2012

54.8

954

60.1

1351

47.9

8059

46.5

756

Low Birthweight

9.7

168

11.4

256

8.5

1433

10.2

166

Sex of new born

 Male

54.0

939

51.5

1158

51.9

8732

52.4

852

 Female

46.0

801

48.5

1089

48.1

8088

47.6

774

Birth Order

 1

51.3

893

73.0

1640

40.1

6740

41.8

680

 2

42.1

733

23.3

523

49.7

8354

45.7

743

 3+

6.6

114

3.7

84

10.3

1726

12.5

203

Gestational Age

 Normal

91.0

1584

88.5

1988

91.1

15,329

90.3

1468

 Premature

9.0

156

11.5

259

8.9

1491

9.7

158

Age of Mother

  < 25

1.8

31

29.6

666

2.2

364

13.1

213

 25–34

55.2

960

49.4

1110

56.7

9537

54.1

880

 35+

43.0

749

21.0

471

41.1

6919

32.8

533

Education of Mother

 Primary or Less

22.2

387

44.5

999

23.5

3946

39.4

640

 Secondary

34.8

606

29.7

668

33.1

5574

32.9

535

 Tertiary

42.9

747

25.8

580

43.4

7300

27.7

451

Origin of Mother

 Native

92.0

1601

86.5

1943

90.2

15,172

68.1

1107

 Immigrant

8.0

139

13.5

304

9.8

1648

31.9

519

Total

7.8

1740

10.0

2247

75.0

16,820

7.2

1626