Temporal trends (1977-2007) and ethnic inequity in child mortality in rural villages of southern Guinea Bissau

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Ethnicity distribution of women and their live born children

Ethnicity	Women	Children	Number of children/woman
	N	N	mean	SD
Balanta	1658	6059	3.7	2.2
Beafada	2778	11796	4.2	2.7
Fula	1361	5491	4.0	2.5
other	2056	8865	4.3	2.6
missing	1	4	4	-
Total	7854	32215	4.1	2.6

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