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Table 1 Demographic, socioeconomic and reproductive characteristics, by rural/urban

From: Factors associated with spontaneous abortion: a cross-sectional study of Chinese populations

 

Rural

Urban

Overall

Number of participants

47,150

37,381

84,531

Age, years (%)

 35–36

15.27

13.54

14.50

 37–38

18.67

16.88

17.88

 39–40

20.24

16.91

18.77

 41–42

21.80

22.08

21.92

 43–45

24.02

30.60

26.93

 Mean (SD)

40.01 (0.94)

40.43 (3.03)

40.20 (2.99)

Annual household income, Yuan (%)

 <20,000

65.22

38.40

53.36

 ≥20,000

34.78

61.60

46.64

Highest level of education (%)

 Primary school and below

43.63

14.01

30.53

 Middle school

44.28

36.62

40.89

 High school and above

12.09

49.37

28.58

Current occupation (%)

 Agricultural and related workers

69.76

3.19

40.32

 Factory worker

14.08

39.18

25.18

 Professional worker

5.42

29.98

16.28

 Housewife

6.60

6.31

6.47

 Unemployed

0.41

10.86

5.03

 Other or not stated

3.73

10.49

6.72

Spontaneous abortion count (%)

 0

90.96

96.25

93.30

 1

7.29

3.02

5.40

 ≥2

1.75

0.73

1.30