Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of the study population
| Near-miss women
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | With live birth, n = 196 | With perinatal death, n = 64 | Uncomplicated delivery, n = 434 | Test statistic | P |
| Age, years: mean
|
25.76
|
26.60
|
27.31
|
F-ratio = 5.47
|
0.004
|
| Parity, mean number
|
2.16
|
3.02
|
2.47
|
F-ratio = 7.45
|
0.001
|
| Marital status, % | χ2 = 4.39 | 0.356 | |||
| Monogamous | 77.55 | 71.88 | 76.91 | ||
| Polygamous | 18.88 | 21.88 | 21.02 | ||
| Single
|
3.57
|
6.25
|
2.08
|
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| Any formal education, %
|
61.73
|
51.56
|
77.14
|
χ2 = 27.40
|
<0.001
|
| Wealth quintiles, % | χ2 = 59.00 | <0.001 | |||
| Most poor | 29.53 | 33.33 | 13.43 | ||
| Least poor | 10.88 | 9.52 | 25.46 | ||