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Table 4 Characteristics of the communities with a high proportion of large for gestational age births

From: Risk factors and obstetric complications of large for gestational age births with adjustments for community effects: results from a new cohort study

Characteristics

Postal areaa

Othersb

(n = 25)

P-valuec

 

2486

4127

4128

4129

4207

4209

4213

4223

4280

  

Population density (person/km2)

242

(11)

727

(16)

1357

(23)

659

(15)

125

(6)

196

(9)

109

(5)

318

(12)

92

(3)

1109

(21)

0.026

Indigenous persons

3.1%

(31)

1.6%

(21)

0.7%

(4)

1.6%

(20)

2.6%

(28)

1.8%

(22)

1.1%

(12)

1.6%

(19)

1.8%

(23)

1.3%

(15)

0.391

Other language spoken (home)

3.2%

(3)

11%

(25)

7.9%

(19)

6.5%

(16)

5.8%

(11)

5.5%

(10)

6.1%

(12)

3.4%

(4)

3.6%

(5)

9.3%

(21)

0.042

Family income ($/week)

921

(3)

1212

(27)

1412

(34)

1229

(29)

1107

(15)

1210

(26)

1181

(24)

1110

(16)

1198

(25)

1095

(13.5)

0.110

Household size (person)

2.4

(9.5)

2.7

(17)

3.0

(29)

2.9

(25)

2.7

(17)

3.0

(29)

3.0

(29)

2.5

(11)

3.2

(34)

2.7

(17)

0.105

Married persons

54%

(28)

48%

(15)

55%

(29)

52%

(23)

48%

(14)

50%

(18)

56%

(31)

50%

(21)

58%

(32)

47%

(13)

0.039

Volunteer

15%

(27)

15%

(28)

16%

(29)

14%

(18)

14%

(23)

13%

(11)

18%

(33)

15%

(26)

15%

(24)

13%

(14)

0.017

Unpaid domestic work (> 5 hours - females)

73%

(28)

69%

(20)

71%

(25)

72%

(26)

71%

(24)

76%

(33)

71%

(23)

64%

(13)

77%

(34)

65%

(14)

0.008

Age 20-39 ever born

66%

(27)

55%

(13)

58%

(17)

59%

(18)

66%

(28)

65%

(26)

63%

(23)

57%

(16)

73%

(34)

55%

(14)

0.086

One-parent family with children < 15

9.4%

(17)

11%

(26)

7.5%

(5)

11%

(24)

12%

(27)

12%

(29)

9.3%

(15)

9.3%

(16)

8.0%

(6)

9.6%

(18)

0.785

Labour force participation

48%

(2)

68%

(28)

74%

(34)

70%

(31)

62%

(17)

72%

(33)

67%

(25)

59%

(12)

67%

(26)

61%

(15)

0.051

Migrant lived at different address 1 year ago

16%

(3)

17%

(11)

16%

(6)

17%

(8)

17%

(12)

38%

(34)

17%

(9)

16%

(5)

15%

(1)

20%

(21)

0.008

  1. aValues in parentheses are the rankings am ong the total of 34 communities.
  2. bMedian values (ranks) are presented among the 25 other communities.
  3. cMann-Whitney test for comparing medians between the nine communities and the others.
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