Table 1.
Sociodemographic, behavioural, health and reproductive characteristics for women of the 2015 SIDHS.
| Risk factors | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|
| Sociodemographic and behavioural characteristics | n = 4334 |
| Marital status | |
| In union | 3940 (90.96) |
| Not in union | 392 (9.04) |
| Religiona | |
| Anglican | 1315 (30.36) |
| Roman Catholic | 965 (22.28) |
| Protestant & Pentecostal churches | 1699 (39.20) |
| Minor religion | 352 (8.15) |
| Ethnicity | |
| Melanesian | 4183 (96.55) |
| Polynesian | 88 (2.03) |
| Micronesian | 57 (1.31) |
| Missing∗ | 5 (0.11) |
| Household wealth | |
| Poor (Quintiles 1–2) | 1956 (45.16) |
| Middle (Quintile 3) | 844 (19.49) |
| High (Quintiles 4–5) | 1531 (35.35) |
| Place of residence | |
| Urban | 761 (17.57) |
| Rural | 3571 (82.43) |
| Maternal age (years) | |
| <20 | 1070 (6.04) |
| 20–34 | 2242 (70.53) |
| 35–49 | 1020 (23.43) |
| Maternal education | |
| Primary and lower | 2498 (57.67) |
| Secondary and higher | 1829 (42.23) |
| Missing∗ | 5 (0.10) |
| Household member | |
| 1–5 | 1633 (37.70) |
| >5 | 2699 (62.30) |
| Birth order | |
| 1st children | 675 (15.58) |
| 2nd −4th children | 2499 (57.69) |
| 5th children and above | 1158 (26.74) |
| Sex of child | |
| Male | 2248 (51.89) |
| Female | 2084 (48.11) |
| Plurality | |
| Singleton | 4256 (98.25) |
| Multiple gestation | 746 (1.75) |
| Breastfeedingb | |
| Yes | 4097 (94.58) |
| No | 235 (5.42) |
| Tobacco/cigarette use historyc | |
| Yes | 732 (16.90) |
| No | 3592 (82.91) |
| Missing∗ | 8 (0.19) |
| Alcohol use historyc | |
| Yes | 252 (5.81) |
| No | 4047 (93.41) |
| Missing∗ | 34 (0.78) |
| Kava use historyc | |
| Yes | 113 (2.64) |
| No | 4156 (97.19) |
| Missing∗ | 7 (0.16) |
| Marijuana use historyc | |
| Yes | 114 (2.67) |
| No | 4156 (97.19) |
| Missing∗ | 6 (0.14) |
| Betel nut use historyc | |
| Yes | 3630 (84.89) |
| No | 643 (15.04) |
| Missing∗ | 3 (0.07) |
| Maternal health risks and health services | (n = 2706) |
| Antenatal care | |
| Yes | 2582 (95.39) |
| No | 125 (4.61) |
| Malaria in pregnancy | |
| Yes | 201 (9.08) |
| No | 2008 (90.92) |
| Missing∗ | 496 (18.34) |
| Postnatal checkd | |
| Yes | 1716 (63.68) |
| No | 979 (36.32) |
| Missing∗ | 10 (0.36) |
| Place of delivery | |
| Health facility | 2338 (87.03) |
| Non health facility | 348 (12.97) |
| Missing∗ | 17 (0.66) |
| Birth weight (kilograms) | |
| <2.5 kg | 233 (8.82) |
| ≥2.5 kg | 2058 (76.09) |
| Missing∗ | 414 (15.30) |
| Birth attendante | |
| High skilled health professional | 2084 (78.19) |
| Low or no skilled attendant | 581 (21.81) |
| Missing∗ | 40 (1.47) |
| Mode of delivery | |
| C-section | 182 (7.83) |
| Normal vaginal delivery | 2147 (92.17) |
| Missing∗ | 376 (13.89) |
| Maternal tetanus vaccinationf | |
| Yes | 2366 (87.48) |
| No | 331 (12.24) |
| Missing∗ | 8 (0.28) |
Study population consists of all births of sociodemographic, behavioural characteristics (weighted n = 4334) and last births of health and reproductive characteristics (weighted n = 2706) born between 2010 and 2015 of the Solomon Islands demographic health survey.
All frequencies were rounded to the nearest whole number and proportions were rounded to 2 decimal places.
∗Asterix (∗) means missing observations.
SSEC; South Seas Evangelical Church, SDA; Seventh Day Adventist.
Minor religion refers to the combination of all minor Christian and non-Christian denominations and religions. Protestant and Pentecostal churches represent South Seas Evangelical, Seventh Day Adventist and United churches.
Breastfeeding variable indicated if women had ever breastfed their babies.
Tobacco and cigarette, alcohol use, kava, marijuana and betel nut use history indicated that the women had ever tried or used any of these substances in the last 30 days or 1 year of the interview.
Postnatal check variable means child has postnatal check within 2 months of birth.
High skilled health professionals represented, obstetricians, doctors, nurses and midwives, and low skilled represented nurse aids, and traditional birth attendants.
Maternal tetanus vaccination during pregnancy.