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Table 3 Mothers’ characteristics throughout three periods

From: Sociodemographic characteristics of mother’s population and risk of preterm birth in Chile

N

1991-1995

1996-2000

2001-2008

 

4 392 427

1323021

1232824

1836582

aP1-P2

P2-P3

P1-P3

Age

%

n

%

n

%

n

P b

P

P

<18 (292 891)

5.6

74 659

7.2

88 197

7.1

130 035

<0.001

<0.014

<0.001

18-38 (3 910 271)

91.0

1 204 514

88.8

1 095 027

87.7

1 610 730

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

>38 (189 265)

3.3

43 848

4.0

49 600

5.2

95 817

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

Marital Status

         

Living with partner

62.1

821 803

54.9

544 980

42.3

775 989

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

(2 142 772)

  

Not living with partner

37.9

501 218

45.1

446 808

57.7

1 060 593

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

(2 008 619)

  

Parity

         

Primipara (1 849 118)

40.6

537 524

42.1

519 250

43.1

792 344

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

Multipara (2 471 351)

57.2

756 413

56.2

692 944

55.7

1 021 994

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

Grand Multipara

19.0

25 410

15.0

19 004

12.0

21 580

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

(65 994)

  
  1. Chile, Singleton Live Births, 1991–2008.
  2. aPeriods : P1 : 1991–1995, P2 : 1996–2000, P3 :2001–2008.
  3. bPearson’s chi-square test with significance level for P < 0.05.