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Table 2 Descriptive statistics and quantiles of birthweight by socio-demographic characteristics of women in MACE birth cohort

From: The differential effect of maternal dietary patterns on quantiles of Birthweight

Variable

N (%)

P5

P10

P25(Q1)

Median

P75(Q3)

P90

P95

Marital status

 Married

93 (13.6)

2084

2400

2900

3300

3560

3990

4031

 Living together

39 (5.7)

2080

2400

2800

3112

3430

3800

3970

 Single

554 (80.8)

2090

2400

2840

3115

3400

3720

3980

Maternal age

 Teenage (less than 25 yrs)

116 (16.9)

2070

2331

2740

3060

3300

3560

3640

 Prime of fertility (25–29 yrs)

416 (60.6)

2100

2440

2876

3160

3430

3800

4000

 Adult age (30 years and above)

155 (22.6)

2031

2340

2800

3170

3400

3800

4000

Maternal education

 Primary or less

16 (2.3)

1570

1800

2775

3210

3495

3870

4260

 Secondary school

546 (79.5)

2083

2400

2815

3105

3400

3710

3920

 College or university

125 (18.2)

2096

2410

2960

3210

3480

3970

4120

Employment

 Employed

127 (18.5)

2080

2360

2820

3100

3480

3850

4010

 Unemployed

560 (81.5)

2090

2400

2860

3140

3400

3730

4000

Maternal annual income

 No personal income

329 (47.9)

2090

2400

2885

3160

3400

3800

4000

 Less than R30000

276 (40.2)

2090

2400

2800

3100

3400

3700

3980

 R30000 and above

82 (11.9)

2083

2530

2840

3150

3480

3800

3970

Parity

 Nulliparous

334 (48.8)

2080

2360

2790

3100

3340

3630

3850

 Primaparous

220 (32.1)

2079

2060

2870

3230

3500

3895

4045.5

 Multiparous

131 (19.1)

2280

2500

2900

3150

3410

3800

3990

Infant Gender

 Male

359 (52.3)

2084

2370

2860

3170

3450

3900

4060

 Female

328 (47.7)

2090

2410

2830

3125

3370

3600

3810