Table 1.
Maternal socio-demographic characteristics by outcome
| Characteristic – n (%) | Outcome | Total | |
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| Early Neonatal Death | Stillbirth | ||
| MOTHERS (n) | 114 | 130 | 244 |
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| Maternal age (yrs) | 110 | 125 | 235 |
| <20 | 18 (16.4) | 17 (13.6) | 35 (14.9) |
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| 20–35 | 81 (73.6) | 94 (75.2) | 175 (74.5) |
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| >35 | 11 (10.0) | 14 (11.2) | 25 (10.6) |
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| Parity (excluding index pregnancy) (mean(SD)) | 2.6 (2.9) | 3.1 (2.9) | 2.9 (2.9) |
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| Formal schooling completed | 111 | 129 | 240 |
| None, illiterate | 59 (53.2) | 70 (54.3) | 129 (53.8) |
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| None, literate/primary | 40 (36.0) | 47 (36.4) | 87 (36.3) |
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| Some secondary/university | 12 (10.8) | 12 (9.3) | 24 (10.0) |
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| Mother has partner or spouse | 103 (92.0) | 124 (96.1) | 227 (94.2) |
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| Antenatal care for index pregnancy | 97 (87.4) | 100 (76.9) | 197 (81.7) |
| Mode of delivery | 114 | 130 | 244 |
| Vaginal vertex | 106 (93.0) | 109 (83.8) | 215 (88.1) |
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| Vaginal breech | 8 (7.0) | 21 (16.2) | 29 (11.9) |
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| Woman had twins/triplets | 8 (7.0) | 8 (6.2) | 16 (6.6) |
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| Deaths among twins/triplets | |||
| All babies died | 3 (37.5) | 4 (50.0) | 7 (43.8) |
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| One baby died | 5 (62.5) | 4 (50.0) | 9 (56.3) |
Note: Denominators for reported percentages vary. Missing responses and responses of “don’t know” are excluded from the denominators.