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. 2022 Apr 6;12(4):e049342. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049342

Table 1.

Distribution of maternal, PHC facility and municipality characteristics. PMAQ-AB, Cycle II, 2014

Variable n % 95% CI
Maternal characteristics
Age (years) (6715)
Under 20 797 11.9 10.9 to 12.5
20–29 3672 54.7 53.6 to 55.9
30–39 2002 29.8 28.0 to 31.0
40 and over 244 3.6 3.2 to 4.1
Self-reported skin colour (6633)
White 2154 32.5 31.2 to 33.5
Black 890 13.4 12.7 to 14.4
Brown/mixed 3305 49.8 48.7 to 51.1
Yellow/indigenous 284 4.3 3.8 to 4.7
Level of education (6712)
Incomplete primary education 1863 27.8 26.4 to 28.5
Incomplete secondary education 2086 31.0 29.9 to 32.1
Higher education 2763 41.2 40.4 to 42.8
Bolsa Família Programme beneficiary (6703)
No 3686 55.0 53.7 to 56.1
Yes 3017 45.0 43.9 to 46.3
Home visit from community health worker (6628)
No 1815 27.4 26.3 to 28.5
Yes 4813 72.6 71.5 to 73.7
Postpartum visit (6588)
No 2173 33.0 31.7 to 33.1
Yes 4415 67.0 66.0 to 68.3
PHC facility characteristics
Essential equipment and facilities (5717)
No 2375 41.5 40.3 to 42.8
Yes 3342 58.5 57.2 to 59.7
Minimum team (5717)
No 1452 25.4 24.3 to 26.5
Yes 4265 74.6 73.5 to 75.7
Municipality characteristics
Population size (2485)
Up to 10 000 702 28.3 26.5 to 30.1
10 001–30 000 996 40.0 38.2 to 42.0
30 001–1 00 000 532 21.4 19.8 to 23.1
100 001–3 00 000 174 7.0 6.1 to 8.1
More than 300 000 81 3.3 2.6 to 4.0
Human Development Index (2485)
<0.555 158 6.4 5.5 to 7.4
0.555–0.699 1502 60.4 58.5 to 62.4
0.700–0.799 790 31.8 30.0 to 33.7
0.800–1.000 35 1.4 1.0 to 1.9
Family health strategy coverage (%) (2485)
Up to 50 239 9.6 8.5 to 10.8
50.1–75.0 320 12.9 11.6 to 14.3
75.1–99.9 461 18.6 17.1 to 20.1
100 1465 58.9 57.0 to 60.9

PMAQ-AB, cycle II, 2014.

PHC, primary healthcare; PMAQ-AB, Primary Care Access and Quality-AB.