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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of pregnant women by county

From: Predictors for neonatal death in the rural areas of Shaanxi Province of Northwestern China: a cross-sectional study

 

County

Total sample

Xun Yi

Bing

Lin You

Qian Yang

Zhou Zhi

Number of pregnant women

949

919

956

937

945

4706

Maternal age mean(SD)*

28.2(5.2)

28.1(5.5)

28.0(4.6)

27.5(5.0)

27.7(4.9)

27.9(5.1)

 <20

9(0.9)

15(1.6)

9(1.0)

13(1.4)

12(1.3)

58(1.3)

 20-35

832(87.8)

799(87.1)

882(92.9)

809(89.7)

857(91.1)

4179(89.7)

 >35

107(11.3)

104(11.3)

95(6.1)

80(8.9)

72(7.6)

421(9.0)

Women’s education

      

 None

5(0.6)

10(1.2)

30(3.4)

5(0.6)

3(0.3)

53(1.2)

 Primary school

193(21.8)

249(30.6)

382(43.8)

197(22.0)

121(13.1)

1142(26.0)

 Junior high school or higher

688(77.6)

555(68.2)

461(52.8)

694(77.4)

801(86.6)

3199(72.8)

First pregnancy

      

 Yes

545(57.4)

405(44.1)

491(51.4)

568(60.7)

541(57.3)

2548(54.1)

Household Wealth Index

      

 Poorest

301(31.7)

363(39.5)

635(66.4)

162(17.3)

115(12.2)

1576(33.5)

 Middle income

381(40.2)

298(32.4)

247(25.9)

333(35.5)

305(32.3)

1564(33.2)

 Richest

267(28.1)

258(28.1)

74(7.7)

442(47.2)

525(55.5)

1566(33.3)

  1. Comparison of baseline characteristics of the women delivered after March 2007 enrolled in survey trial by counties, Shaanxi Province, China 2010–04. Frequency and percentage in bracket are reported.
  2. Values are number (%) of women (singleton babies only) unless otherwise mentioned.
  3. *Reported as mean and SD (standard deviation).