Table 1. Socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants at first recorded pregnancy (N = 38568).
| Characteristics | Total n (%) |
Still birth n (%) |
Live birth n (%) |
χ2 P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) † | 26.9(6.04) | 28.5 (6.47) | 26.8 (6.01) | |
| <25 | 17420 (45.2) | 545 (3.1) | 16869 (96.9) | <0.001 |
| 25–34 | 17385 (45.1) | 689 (4.0) | 16692 (96.0) | |
| ≥35 | 3763 (9.8) | 238 (6.3) | 3535 (93.7) | |
| Residence* | ||||
| Rural | 16961 (44.0) | 860 (5.1) | 16115 (94.9) | <0.001 |
| Urban | 21516 (55.8) | 609 (2.8) | 20894 (97.2) | |
| Missing | 89 (0.2) | 3 (3.3) | 87 (96.7) | |
| Education* | ||||
| Illiterate | 806 (2.1) | 63 (7.8) | 743 (92.2) | <0.001 |
| Primary | 22105 (57.3) | 990 (4.5) | 21115 (95.5) | |
| Secondary | 4080 (10.6) | 125 (3.1) | 3956 (96.9) | |
| Higher | 11577 (30.0) | 294 (2.5) | 11282 (97.5) | |
| Marital status* | ||||
| Married | 32863 (85.2) | 1258 (3.8) | 31611 (96.2) | 0.892 |
| Single | 5666 (14.7) | 213 (3.8) | 5446 (96.2) | |
| Missing | 40 (0.1) | 1 (2.5) | 39 (97.5) | |
| Occupation* | ||||
| Employed | 12725 (33.0) | 372 (2.9) | 12354 (97.1) | <0.001 |
| Unemployed | 2568 (66.6) | 1098 (4.3) | 24584 (95.7) | |
| Missing | 159 (0.4) | 2 (1.3) | 158 (98.7) |
†Mean (SD)
*Missing values; SD-Standard Deviation