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. 2020 Sep 16;20:540. doi: 10.1186/s12884-020-03239-6

Table 1.

Characteristics of mother-infant pairs

All mother-infant pairs n(%)
N = 28,121
Immediate and thorough drying n(%)
N = 10,914
Skin to skin contact n(%)
N = 5324
Delayed cord clamping n(%)
N = 18,252
Early initiation of breastfeeding n(%)
N = 8459
Mortality
n (%)
N = 753
Sex of infant
 Male 14,528 (51.7%) 5723 (41.3%) 2872 (20.4%) 9225 (66.8%)

4583

(31.6%)

401

(2.8%)

 Female 13,593 (48.3%) 5191 (39.8%) 2452 (18.54%) 9027 (69.6%)

3876

(28.5%)

352

(2.6%)

Preterm birth
  > 37 weeks 22,698 (81.0%) 8934 (41.1%) 4483 (20.3%) 14,524 (67.2%)

6976

(30.8%)

442

(1.9%)

  < 37 weeks 5324 (19.0%) 1944 (38.3%) 821 (15.9%) 3653 (72.2%)

1455

(27.4%)

306

(5.8%)

Mother’s literacy
 Literate 8814 (31.3%) 3872 (47.2%) 2378 (28.3%) 4417 (54.3%)

3097

(35.2%)

198

(2.3%)

 Illiterate 19,300 (68.7%) 7038 (37.7%) 2943 (15.6%) 13,832 (74.2%)

5359

(27.8%)

555

(2.9%)

SES quartile
 First 9609 (34.2%) 3445 (36.9%) 1332 (14.1%) 7132 (76.4%)

2613

(27.2%)

286

(3.0%)

 Second 6056 (21.5%) 2352 (40.4%) 1067 (18.1%) 3965 (68.4%)

1796

(29.7%)

174

(2.9%)

 Third 5773 (20.5%) 2265 (41.2%) 1216 (21.7%) 3579 (65.6%)

1767

(30.7%)

135

(2.3%)

 Fourth 6683 (23.8%) 2852 (45.87%) 1709 (26.9%) 3576 (57.8%)

2283

(34.2%)

158

(2.4%)

Parity
 Nulliparous 7886 (28.0%) 3383 (46.1%) 1944 (25.9%) 4096 (56.3%)

2256

(28.6%)

279

(3.5%)

 Multiparous 20,234 (72.0%) 7531 (38.6%) 3379 (17.1%) 14,156 (72.6%)

6203

(30.7%)

474

(2.3%)

Place of delivery
 Hospital/clinic 11,875 (42.2%) 6376 (59.6%) 5021 (45.3%) 2341 (22.1%)

4876

(41.1%)

355

(3.0%)

 At home/other 16,245 (57.8%) 4537 (28.1%) 303 (1.9%) 15,911 (98.2%)

3583

(22.1%)

398

(2.5%)