Table 1. Baseline characteristics and pregnancy characteristics and practices for women pregnant during the cholera mass vaccination campaign included in the analysis, Boffa prefecture, Guinea, 2013.
| Vaccinated | Non-vaccinated | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % (or SD) | N | % (or SD) | p-value | ||
| N | 1,308 | 235 | ||||
| Mean age in years * | 26.0 | (10) | 25.4 | (10) | 0.155 | |
| Sub-prefecture | 0.942 | |||||
| Koba | 822 | 62.8 | 147 | 62.6 | ||
| Boffa | 486 | 37.2 | 88 | 37.5 | ||
| Literate (yes) | 214 | 16.4 | 42 | 17.9 | 0.475 | |
| Educational level | 0.434 | |||||
| No education | 1,079 | 82.5 | 185 | 78.7 | ||
| Primary school | 113 | 8.6 | 21 | 8.9 | ||
| Secondary school | 112 | 8.6 | 29 | 12.3 | ||
| University | 3 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Unknown | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Occupation | 0.083 | |||||
| Housewife | 876 | 67.0 | 150 | 63.8 | ||
| Vendor | 245 | 18.7 | 47 | 20.0 | ||
| Student | 54 | 4.1 | 12 | 5.1 | ||
| Farmer | 39 | 3.0 | 6 | 2.6 | ||
| Fisherman | 10 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Unemployed | 11 | 0.8 | 3 | 1.3 | ||
| Other | 72 | 5.5 | 17 | 7.2 | ||
| Unknown | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Mean household size * | 9.6 | (6) | 10.3 | (8) | 0.267 | |
| Goods owned by household | ||||||
| Radio | 901 | 68.9 | 158 | 67.2 | 0.708 | |
| Bicycle | 800 | 61.2 | 140 | 59.6 | 0.714 | |
| Mobile phone | 1,168 | 89.3 | 210 | 89.4 | 1.000 | |
| Generator | 207 | 15.8 | 49 | 20.9 | 0.070 | |
| Television | 175 | 13.4 | 44 | 18.7 | 0.033 | |
| Refrigerator | 9 | 0.7 | 3 | 1.3 | 0.575 | |
| Oven | 429 | 32.8 | 110 | 46.8 | <0.001 | |
| Boat/pirogue | 115 | 8.8 | 23 | 9.8 | 0.259 | |
| Documentation of pregnancy | 1,104 | 84.4 | 197 | 83.8 | 0.846 | |
| Had antenatal examination | 1,288 | 98.5 | 230 | 97.9 | 0.072 | |
| Type of pregnancy | 0.564 | |||||
| Singleton | 1,274 | 97.4 | 229 | 97.5 | ||
| Multiple | 33 | 2.6 | 5 | 2.1 | ||
| Unknown | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.4 | ||
| Trimester on 18 April 2012 | 0.952 | |||||
| 1st | 638 | 47.5 | 118 | 49.2 | ||
| 2nd | 363 | 27.0 | 65 | 27.1 | ||
| 3rd | 334 | 24.9 | 56 | 23.3 | ||
| Unknown | 9 | 0.7 | 1 | 0.4 | ||
| Birth attendant | 0.617 | |||||
| Doctor | 26 | 2.0 | 3 | 1.3 | ||
| Nurse/midwife | 800 | 61.2 | 137 | 58.3 | ||
| Traditional midwife | 423 | 32.3 | 83 | 35.3 | ||
| Other | 35 | 2.7 | 9 | 3.8 | ||
| None | 3 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.4 | ||
| Not applicable, miscarriage | 17 | 1.3 | 2 | 0.9 | ||
| Unknown | 4 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Place of delivery | 0.054 | |||||
| Hospital | 56 | 4.3 | 9 | 3.8 | ||
| Health center | 760 | 58.1 | 126 | 53.6 | ||
| Woman’s house | 298 | 22.8 | 58 | 24.7 | ||
| Traditional midwife’s house | 169 | 12.9 | 33 | 14.0 | ||
| Other | 7 | 0.6 | 5 | 2.1 | ||
| Not applicable, miscarriage | 17 | 1.3 | 2 | 0.9 | ||
| Unknown | 1 | 0.1 | 2 | 0.9 | ||
| Number of children born before the pregnancy in 2012 | 0.066 | |||||
| 0 | 272 | 20.8 | 57 | 24.3 | ||
| 1 | 255 | 19.5 | 57 | 24.3 | ||
| 2 | 239 | 18.3 | 32 | 13.6 | ||
| 3 | 164 | 12.5 | 32 | 13.6 | ||
| 4 | 140 | 10.7 | 21 | 8.9 | ||
| 5 and over | 234 | 17.9 | 35 | 14.9 | ||
| Unknown | 4 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.4 | ||
| Mean age in years at first pregnancy * | 16.8 | (3) | 17.0 | (2) | 0.591 | |
| Status of the last child born | 0.462 | |||||
| Alive | 962 | 73.6 | 170 | 72.3 | ||
| Dead | 79 | 6.0 | 10 | 4.3 | ||
| No previous live births | 257 | 19.7 | 52 | 22.1 | ||
| Unknown | 10 | 0.8 | 3 | 1.3 | ||
| Mean age of the last born in months * | 46.5 | (12) | 47.7 | (12) | 0.203 | |
| Number of miscarriages before 2012 | 0.748 | |||||
| 0 | 1130 | 86.4 | 209 | 88.9 | ||
| 1 | 132 | 10.1 | 20 | 8.5 | ||
| 2 | 28 | 2.1 | 5 | 2.1 | ||
| 3 and over | 14 | 1.1 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Missing | 4 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.4 | ||
| Number of stillbirths before 2012 | 0.356 | |||||
| 0 | 1186 | 90.7 | 216 | 91.9 | ||
| 1 | 103 | 7.9 | 14 | 6.0 | ||
| 2 | 13 | 1.0 | 3 | 1.3 | ||
| 3 and over | 5 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.4 | ||
| Missing | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.4 | ||
| Had episode of malaria in 2012 | 850 | 65.0 | 152 | 64.7 | 0.948 | |
| Had episode of cholera in 2012 | 22 | 1.7 | 6 | 2.6 | 0.509 | |
| At-risk behaviors | ||||||
| Coffee consumption | 106 | 8.1 | 16 | 6.8 | 0.260 | |
| Alcohol consumption | 74 | 5.7 | 18 | 7.7 | 0.215 | |
| Drug use | 12 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.101 | |
* Values for these variables represent the average and the standard deviation (SD).