Table 1.
Maternal and newborn characteristics
| Total | n = 972 (%) | ||
| Maternal characteristics | |||
| Education level | Pregnancy Complication | ||
| Primary and under | 83 (8) | None | 584 (60) |
| Secondary | 540 (56) | Maternal conditionb | 206 (21) |
| Matrica or higher | 349 (36) | Delivery conditionc | 182 (19) |
| Race | Number of children | ||
| African | 576 (59) | 0 | 284 (29) |
| Mixed | 379 (39) | 1 | 291 (30) |
| White/Other | 17 (2) | 2 | 242 (25) |
| Medical Insurance | 3+ | 155 (16) | |
| No | 958 (99) | Delivery type | |
| Yes | 14 (1) | Vaginal | 569 (59) |
| Travel time to local clinic | Elective C-section | 247 (25) | |
| >1 hour | 507 (52) | Emergent C-section | 156 (16) |
| <1 hour | 455 (47) | ||
| Unknown | 10 (1) | ||
| Maternal Income | |||
| Salary/Wages/Grants | 160 (16) | ||
| No income | 799 (82) | ||
| Refuse to disclose | 13 (1) | ||
| Newborn characteristics | |||
| Birth weight (grams) | Length of stay (hours) | ||
| <2500 | 247 (25) | 0–24 | 255 (26) |
| ≥2500 | 725 (75) | 25–48 | 209 (22) |
| Gestational Age (weeks) | 49–72 | 218 (22) | |
| 34–36 | 197 (20) | 73–96 | 168 (17) |
| 37–39 | 594 (61) | >96 | 122 (13) |
| 40–42 | 178 (18) | Planned Diet | |
| Unknown | 3 (<1) | Breastmilk | 911 (94) |
| Formula | 61 (6) | ||
| Outcomes | |||
| Follow-up within 7 days of discharge | |||
| Yes | 794 (82) | ||
| No | 177 (18) | ||
aMatric: completion or graduation from secondary school
bMaternal condition: anemia, gestational diabetes, HIV, hypertension, preeclampsia
cDelivery condition: breech presentation, failure to progress, fetal distress, placental abruption, twin gestation