Table 1 Characteristics of infants and their mothers, KA- HDSS, September 2009 to September 2013
Characteristics | Number (%) |
|---|---|
Sex | |
Female | 1,803 (49.4) |
Male | 1,845 (50.6) |
Maternal age at delivery, in years (Mean ±SD) | 28.6 ± 6.6 |
Maternal occupation | |
Housewife/farmer | 3,079 (84.4) |
Employed | 154 (4.2) |
Unemployed | 415 (11.4) |
Maternal education | |
No formal education | 2,722 (74.6) |
Primary(1–6) | 501 (13.7) |
Secondary and above (>=7) | 425 (11.7) |
Marital status | |
Married | 3,086 (84.6) |
Single | 376 (10.3) |
Divorced | 160 (4.4) |
Widowed | 26 (0.7) |
Birth order | |
1 | 346 (9.5) |
2 | 508 (13.9) |
3-4 | 1,081 (29.6) |
>=5 | 1,713 (47.0) |
Place of delivery | |
Home | 2,822 (77.4) |
Health facility | 826 (22.6) |
Number of current births | |
Singletons | 3,570 (97.9) |
Twins | 78 (2.1) |