Table 2.
Distribution of maternal and infant characteristics
| Maternal characteristics (n=1143) | N | % | Infant characteristics (n=971) | N | % |
| Age at intake | Gender | ||||
| 16–19 years | 142 | 12.6 | Male | 510 | 52.5 |
| 20–24 years | 260 | 22.8 | Female | 457 | 47.1 |
| 25–29 years | 291 | 25.5 | Missing | 4 | 0.4 |
| 30–34 years | 268 | 23.5 | Birth status | ||
| 35–39 years | 140 | 12.3 | Live birth | 947 | 97.5 |
| 40+years | 39 | 3.4 | Stillbirth | 23 | 2.4 |
| Missing | 1 | 0.1 | Missing | 1 | 0.1 |
| Parity | Birth weight (in grams) | ||||
| 0 previous live births | 384 | 33.7 | Low birth weight (<2500) | 127 | 13.1 |
| One previous live birth | 312 | 27.3 | Normal birth weight (≥2500) | 835 | 86.0 |
| Two previous live births | 187 | 16.4 | Missing | 9 | 0.9 |
| Three previous live births | 112 | 9.8 | Gestational age (in weeks) | ||
| 4+previous live births | 146 | 12.8 | Very preterm births (22+0–32+6) | 39 | 4.0 |
| Missing | 2 | 0.2 | Moderately preterm births (33+0–36+6) | 107 | 11.0 |
| Term births (≥37+0) | 817 | 84.1 | |||
| Ethnicity | Missing | 8 | 0.8 | ||
| Creole | 249 | 21.8 | Apgar score at 5 min | ||
| Hindustani | 233 | 20.4 | 0–6 | 31 | 3.2 |
| Indigenous | 155 | 13.6 | 7–10 | 918 | 94.5 |
| Javanese | 101 | 8.8 | Missing | 22 | 2.3 |
| Tribal | 271 | 23.7 | |||
| Mixed | 127 | 11.1 | |||
| Other | 7 | 0.6 | |||
| Missing | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Educational level | |||||
| No or primary | 276 | 24.1 | |||
| Lower vocational/secondary | 382 | 33.4 | |||
| Upper vocational/secondary | 317 | 27.7 | |||
| Tertiary | 168 | 14.7 | |||
| Missing | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Household income SRD* | |||||
| <1500 | 401 | 35.1 | |||
| 1500–2999 | 362 | 33.0 | |||
| 3000–4999 | 221 | 20.2 | |||
| 5000+ | 112 | 9.8 | |||
| Missing | 47 | 4.1 | |||
| Marital status | |||||
| Married or living with partner | 1000 | 87.6 | |||
| Not married/not living with partner | 141 | 12.4 | |||
| Missing | 2 | 0.2 | |||
*Surinamese Dollar, equivalent to US$0.13.
SRD, Surinamese Dollar.