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. 2019 Jun 1;16(11):1946. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16111946

Table 1.

Characteristics of Pregnancy and Birth Survey 2016 subjects: comparisons by survey method.

Paper Responses
(n = 6029)
Online Responses
(n = 1134)
AOR 95% CI p Value *
Maternal age
≤24 years 497 (83.5%) 98 (16.5%) 1.00
25−29 years 1619 (82.2%) 350 (17.8%) 1.10 0.86–1.40 0.46
30−34 years 2175 (84.8%) 390 (15.2%) 0.91 0.71–1.16 0.44
≥35 years 1738 (85.4%) 296 (14.6%) 0.86 0.67–1.11 0.25
Area of residence (3 regions of Fukushima)
Nakadori (n = 4496) 3790 (84.3%) 706 (15.7%) 1.00
Hamadori (n = 1700) 1425 (83.8%) 275 (16.2%) 1.03 0.89–1.20 0.68
Aizu (n = 967) 814 (84.2%) 153 (15.8%) 1.01 0.83–1.22 0.93
Parity
Primiparous 2663 (80.8%) 632 (19.2%) 1.00
Multiparous 3155 (86.4%) 495 (13.6%) 0.68 0.59–0.77 <0.001
Singleton/Twin
Singleton 5975 (84.2%) 1,125 (15.8%) 1.00
Twin 52 (85.2%) 9 (14.8%) 0.94 0.46–1.92 0.87

* Logistic regression model was used to adjust for age (for items other than age).