Table 1.
Characteristics of low-risk women (QUALI-DEC)
| Women’s characteristics | Total (N = 2092) |
|---|---|
| Complication at delivery a , n (%) | |
| No (ref) | 1608 (76.9) |
| Yes | 484 (23.1) |
| Onset of labour, n (%) | |
| Spontaneous (ref) | 1768 (84.5) |
| Induced | 222 (10.6) |
| No labour (pre-labour CS) | 102 (4.9) |
| Birth weight, n (%) | |
| Low (< 2500 g) | 81 (3.9) |
| Normal (2500-4000 g) (ref) | 1917 (91.6) |
| Macrosomia (≥ 4000 g) | 94 (4.5) |
| Parity, n (%) | |
| Nulliparous (ref) | 958 (45.8) |
| Multiparous | 1133 (54.2) |
| Attending ANC in another private facility, n (%) | |
| No (ref) | 1254 (59.9) |
| Yes | 838 (40.1) |
| Country, n (%) | |
| Burkina Faso (ref) | 407 (19.5) |
| Argentina | 440 (21.0) |
| Thailand | 572 (27.3) |
| Vietnam | 673 (32.2) |
| Marital status, n (%) | |
| Married/Living with a partner (ref) | 1960 (93.7) |
| Separated/Single/Widow | 132 (6.3) |
| Maternal age, n (%) | |
| < 25 years (ref) | 702 (33.6) |
| 25–35 years | 1085 (51.9) |
| ≥ 35 years | 305 (14.6) |
| Level of education, n (%) | |
| Secondary and less (ref) | 1489 (71.2) |
| University | 603 (28.8) |
| Place of residency, n (%) | |
| Rural (ref) | 567 (27.2) |
| Urban | 1514 (72.8) |
| Maternal occupation, n (%) | |
| Unemployed/Housewife (ref) | 786 (37.6) |
| Employed formal sector | 574 (27.4) |
| Informal sector | 731 (35.0) |
| Wealth index, n (%) | |
| Poorest (ref) | 451 (21.6) |
| Poorer | 467 (22.3) |
| Middle | 521 (24.9) |
| Richer | 314 (15.0) |
| Richest | 339 (16.2) |
aAt least one of the following complications: hypertension and related complications (n = 127); prelabour rupture of membranes (n = 223); suspected fetal growth impairment (n = 22); diabetes type I/II/gestational (n = 133); cardiac or renal disease (n = 9); chronic respiratory conditions (n = 4); HIV (n = 9); cholestasis (n = 4); vaginal bleeding (n = 1); condyloma accuminata (n = 5)