Table 2.
Residual missing data after correction according to maternal origin in Brussels birth certificates in 2009
| Variable |
% missing data |
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belgian | EU15 | Maghreb | Sub-Saharan Africa | Eastern Europe | Turkey | South-East Asia | |
|
Pregnancy and infant characteristics | |||||||
| Transfer to NICU |
1.03 |
0.81 |
0.79 |
1.07 |
0.93 |
0.82 |
1.19 |
| Date of the last delivery |
8.12 |
10.87 |
10.71 |
13.02 |
12.35 |
14.38 |
10.32 |
|
Mother characteristics | |||||||
| Educational level |
3.81 |
4.88 |
8.09 |
9.83 |
9.44 |
6.65 |
7.85 |
| Employment status |
0.52 |
0.90 |
0.98 |
1.32 |
1.19 |
0.72 |
0.51 |
| Type of work |
0.75 |
1.26 |
1.56 |
1.84 |
1.50 |
1.02 |
1.54 |
|
Father characteristics | |||||||
| Birth date |
0.67 |
0.44 |
0.45 |
1.64 |
0.88 |
0.32 |
1.24 |
| Educational level |
4.36 |
4.36 |
6.64 |
7.91 |
6.69 |
5.99 |
7.10 |
| Employment status |
1.15 |
1.07 |
1.21 |
2.49 |
1.56 |
0.95 |
1.42 |
| Type of work |
1.22 |
1.14 |
1.03 |
3.04 |
1.71 |
0.84 |
1.78 |
| Original nationality |
0.77 |
0.44 |
0.47 |
1.64 |
1.03 |
0.32 |
1.07 |
| Present nationality | 0.73 | 0.44 | 0.49 | 1.59 | 0.93 | 0.32 | 1.24 |
Analyses were performed if missing rate exceeded 0.5%. Comparison group was Belgian women. In bold: differences statistically significant with a p-value <0.001. Not in bold: not statistically significant at a significance level of 0.05.
NICU, neonatal Intensive Care Unit; EU15, Former 15-European Union member countries.