Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of the study population
| Perinatal death Chi-square | Chi-square (p value) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (n = 122) | No (n = 354) | ||
| Background characteristics | |||
| Maternal age | 1.364 (0.850) | ||
| Less than 20 yrs | 20 (16.4) | 50 (14.1) | |
| 20-24 yrs | 38 (31.1) | 107 (30.2) | |
| 25-29 yrs | 35 (28.7) | 102 (28.8) | |
| 30-34 yrs | 18 (14.8) | 67 (18.9) | |
| 35 + yrs | 11 (9.0) | 28 (7.9) | |
| Education | 3.561(0.313) | ||
| No education | 25 (20.5) | 62 (17.5) | |
| Primary (1-5 yrs) | 32 (26.2) | 113 (31.9) | |
| Secondary (6-10 yrs) | 58 (47.5) | 169 (47.7) | |
| Above secondary | 7 (5.7) | 10 (2.8) | |
| Residential area | 5.852 (0.119) | ||
| Block A | 42 (34.4) | 92 (26.0) | |
| Block B | 33 (27.0) | 109 (30.8) | |
| Block C | 29 (23.8) | 73 (20.6) | |
| Block D | 18 (14.8) | 80 (22.6) | |
| Family structure | 4.965 (0.02) | ||
| Nuclear family | 60 (49.2) | 215 (60.7) | |
| Joint family | 62 (50.8) | 139 (39.3) | |
| Parity | 34.96 (0.000) | ||
| 1-2 | 59 (48.4) | 83 (23.4) | |
| More than 2 | 46 (37.7) | 240 (67.8) | |
| Unknown | 17 (13.9) | 31 (8.8) | |
| Economic status (Asset quintile) | 5.162 (0.396) | ||
| Poorest | 21 (17.2) | 69 (19.5) | |
| Less poor | 22 (18.0) | 60 (16.9) | |
| Middle | 20 (16.4) | 71 (20.1) | |
| Richer | 17 (13.9) | 66 (18.6) | |
| Richest | 31 (25.4) | 64 (18.1) | |
| Unknown | 11 (9.0) | 24 (6.8) | |