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Table 1 Distribution of sample of birth weights (from recall and card) according to main exposure variable and selected socio-demographic factors.

From: Association between biomass fuel use and maternal report of child size at birth - an analysis of 2005-06 India Demographic Health Survey data

Variable

Weighed at birth

Not weighed at birth

Do not know

Total births

 

From card

From recall

   

Type of fuel

High pollution

1441 (66.9)

8387 (4.2)

22981(24.4)

1556 (4.5)

34365 (100)

Low Pollution

1672 (19.3)

7779 (13.1)

2404 (60.9)

859 (6.7)

12774 (100)

Educational status

No education

340 (1.7)

2798 (14.4)

15445 (79.5)

948(4.4)

19431 (100)

Primary

298 (4.4)

2117 (31.2)

3965 (58.5)

396 (5.8)

6776 (100)

Secondary

1858 (10.7)

8721(50.2)

5790 (33.3)

1008 (5.8)

17377 (100)

Higher

617 (17.4)

2530 (71.2)

244 (6.9)

163 (4.6)

3554 (100)

Type of residence

Urban

1958 (10.9)

9203 (51.0)

5647 (31.3)

1288 (6.9)

18046 (100)

Rural

1155 (4.0)

6963 (23.9)

19798 (68.1)

1177 (4.0)

29093 (100)

Total births

3113 (6.6)

16166 (34.3)

25444 (54.0)

2415 (5.1)

47139 (100)

  1. * Figures in parenthesis are row percentages