Table 2.
Sample description of mothers’ socio-economic characteristics
| Indicators | Cumbayá | Galapagos | Morona Santiago (urban) | Morona Santiago (rural) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| Marital status | Divorced or separated | 11 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 33 | 7 |
| Married with partner | 257 | 85 | 207 | 85 | 240 | 78 | 389 | 79 | |
| Single | 33 | 11 | 22 | 9 | 55 | 18 | 73 | 15 | |
| Educational level | Primary | 21 | 7 | 25 | 10 | 125 | 40 | 268 | 54 |
| Secondary | 108 | 36 | 143 | 58 | 164 | 53 | 217 | 44 | |
| University | 172 | 57 | 78 | 32 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 2 | |
| Mother’s age | 15 to 19 | 9 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 58 | 19 | 76 | 15 |
| 20 to 29 | 123 | 41 | 114 | 46 | 159 | 52 | 256 | 52 | |
| 30 to 49 | 169 | 56 | 111 | 45 | 92 | 30 | 162 | 33 | |
| Type of birth | Cesarean | 175 | 58 | 97 | 39 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| Vaginal | 126 | 42 | 149 | 61 | 296 | 96 | 488 | 99 | |
| Total | 301 | 100 | 247 | 100 | 309 | 100 | 495 | 100 | |