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. 2018 Jan 15;18:29. doi: 10.1186/s12884-017-1655-3

Table 1.

Demographics and baseline characteristics of women included in the full analysis set

Panama Dominican Republic South Africa Mozambique
PA_1 PA_2 PA_3 DR_1 DR_2 SA_1 SA_2 SA_3 SA_4 MO_1
N = 263 N = 63 N = 174 N = 276 N = 224 N = 500 N = 499 N = 500 N = 490 N = 251
Age (years)
 Mean ± SD 24.3 ± 5.2 28.8 ± 6.0 25.0 ± 5.6 24.1 ± 5.1 25.0 ± 5.4 29.0 ± 6.4 25.8 ± 5.9 27.4 ± 5.9 26.0 ± 5.4 25.0 ± 6.3
  < 18, n (%) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (0.6) 1 (0.4) 2 (0.9) 1 (0.2) 0 (0) 1 (0.2) 0 (0) 0 (0)
 18–22, n (%) 113 (43.0) 10 (15.9) 71 (40.8) 132 (47.8) 92 (41.1) 92 (18.4) 182 (36.5) 125 (25.0) 150 (30.6) 111 (44.2)
 23–27, n (%) 94 (35.7) 20 (31.7) 50 (28.7) 74 (26.8) 67 (29.9) 134 (26.8) 147 (29.5) 147 (29.4) 164 (33.5) 55 (21.9)
 28–32, n (%) 32 (12.2) 13 (20.6) 32 (18.4) 43 (15.6) 40 (17.9) 124 (24.8) 93 (18.6) 126 (25.2) 112 (22.9) 47 (18.7)
 33–37, n (%) 19 (7.2) 16 (25.4) 15 (8.6) 25 (9.1) 15 (6.7) 97 (19.4) 50 (10.0) 66 (13.2) 47 (9.6) 28 (11.2)
  ≥ 38, n (%) 5 (1.9) 4 (6.3) 5 (2.9) 1 (0.4) 8 (3.6) 52 (10.4) 27 (5.4) 35 (7.0) 17 (3.5) 10 (4.0)
Gestational age (weeks)
 Mean ± SD 28.7 ± 3.7 32.7 ± 4.0 29.6 ± 4.4 33.5 ± 4.8 31.1 ± 4.4 32.7 ± 4.6 30.9 ± 2.0 30.7 ± 1.9 30.8 ± 1.8 30.5 ± 2.3
Gestational age calculation method
 Fundal height, n (%) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (0.6) 12 (4.3) 1 (0.4) 90 (18.0) 100 (20.0) 263 (52.6) 140 (28.6) 249 (99.2)
 Last menstrual period, n (%) 201 (76.4) 36 (57.1) 113 (64.9) 107 (38.8) 139 (62.1) 220 (44.0) 346 (69.3) 181 (36.2) 32 (6.5) 2 (0.8)
 Ultrasound, n (%) 62 (23.6) 27 (42.9) 56 (32.2) 156 (56.5) 84 (37.5) 190 (38.0) 53 (10.6) 56 (11.2) 318 (64.9) 0 (0)
 Other: Last menstrual period + ultrasound, n (%) 0 (0) 0 (0) 4 (2.3) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Women having other children under care
 n (%) 151 (57.4) 42 (66.7) 92 (52.9) 183 (66.3) 132 (58.9) 304 (60.8) 286 (57.3) 278 (55.6) 217 (44.3) 182 (72.5)
Women caring for other children with alternative childcare provider available
 n (%) 147 (97.4) 37 (88.1) 79 (85.9) 162 (88.5) 124 (93.9) 304 (100) 284 (99.3) 277 (99.6) 215 (99.1) 179 (98.4)

N number of women per group, n (%) number (percentage) of women in each category, SD standard deviation