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. 2015 Apr 16;15:387. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-1738-x

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of pregnant women by county

County Total sample
Xun Yi Bing Lin You Qian Yang Zhou Zhi
Number of pregnant women 949 919 956 937 945 4706
Maternal age mean(SD)* 28.2(5.2) 28.1(5.5) 28.0(4.6) 27.5(5.0) 27.7(4.9) 27.9(5.1)
 <20 9(0.9) 15(1.6) 9(1.0) 13(1.4) 12(1.3) 58(1.3)
 20-35 832(87.8) 799(87.1) 882(92.9) 809(89.7) 857(91.1) 4179(89.7)
 >35 107(11.3) 104(11.3) 95(6.1) 80(8.9) 72(7.6) 421(9.0)
Women’s education
 None 5(0.6) 10(1.2) 30(3.4) 5(0.6) 3(0.3) 53(1.2)
 Primary school 193(21.8) 249(30.6) 382(43.8) 197(22.0) 121(13.1) 1142(26.0)
 Junior high school or higher 688(77.6) 555(68.2) 461(52.8) 694(77.4) 801(86.6) 3199(72.8)
First pregnancy
 Yes 545(57.4) 405(44.1) 491(51.4) 568(60.7) 541(57.3) 2548(54.1)
Household Wealth Index
 Poorest 301(31.7) 363(39.5) 635(66.4) 162(17.3) 115(12.2) 1576(33.5)
 Middle income 381(40.2) 298(32.4) 247(25.9) 333(35.5) 305(32.3) 1564(33.2)
 Richest 267(28.1) 258(28.1) 74(7.7) 442(47.2) 525(55.5) 1566(33.3)

Comparison of baseline characteristics of the women delivered after March 2007 enrolled in survey trial by counties, Shaanxi Province, China 2010–04. Frequency and percentage in bracket are reported.

Values are number (%) of women (singleton babies only) unless otherwise mentioned.

*Reported as mean and SD (standard deviation).