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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of women in the Global Network’s Maternal Neonatal Health Registry by site in the years 2010 - 2013

From: Rates and determinants of early initiation of breastfeeding and exclusive breast feeding at 42 days postnatal in six low and middle-income countries: A prospective cohort study

 

African Sites

Indian Sites

 

Latin America Sites

 
 

Kenya

Zambia

Belgaum

Nagpur

Pakistan

Argentina

Guatemala

Total

Maternal age, N (%)

        

< 20

7,503 (21.7)

6,712 (25.2)

7,250 (9.5)

725 (1.9)

1,694 (3.9)

2,636 (27.3)

4,663 (16.4)

31,183 (12.1)

20-35

25,575 (74.1)

17,832 (67.0)

68,858 (90.3)

36,634 (97.8)

39,804 (90.7)

6,293 (65.1)

20,837 (73.3)

215,833 (84.0)

> 35

1,421 (4.1)

2,086 (7.8)

124 (0.2)

97 (0.3)

2,389 (5.4)

738 (7.6)

2,942 (10.3)

9,797 (3.8)

Education, N (%)

        

No formal education

1,048 (3.0)

2,789 (10.5)

15,611 (20.6)

1,140 (3.0)

36,256 (82.7)

243 (2.5)

5,454 (19.2)

62,541 (24.4)

Primary

24,636 (71.4)

14,573 (55.0)

25,060 (33.1)

6,440 (17.2)

3,398 (7.7)

5,993 (62.5)

17,943 (63.1)

98,043 (38.3)

Secondary

7,581 (22.0)

8,669 (32.7)

28,003 (37.0)

22,260 (59.5)

2,648 (6.0)

3,201 (33.4)

4,759 (16.7)

77,121 (30.1)

University+

1,243 (3.6)

473 (1.8)

7,045 (9.3)

7,596 (20.3)

1,554 (3.5)

149 (1.6)

288 (1.0)

18,348 (7.2)

Parity, N (%)

        

0

8,609 (24.9)

7,170 (26.9)

32,203 (42.5)

17,953 (47.9)

9,041 (20.6)

3,165 (32.9)

7,950 (27.9)

86,091 (33.6)

1-2

13,403 (38.8)

10,037 (37.7)

38,592 (50.9)

18,553 (49.5)

14,259 (32.5)

3,746 (38.9)

10,259 (36.1)

108,849 (42.4)

> 2

12,496 (36.2)

9,438 (35.4)

5,041 (6.6)

970 (2.6)

20,624 (47.0)

2,723 (28.3)

10,242 (36.0)

61,534 (24.0)

Trimester for first ANC visit, N (%)

        

First

1,232 (3.8)

2,169 (8.3)

46,710 (63.1)

28,973 (77.5)

8,575 (24.1)

3,213 (37.3)

11,429 (41.5)

102,301 (42.3)

Second

19,101 (58.8)

18,823 (71.9)

23,144 (31.2)

7,317 (19.6)

11,425 (32.1)

3,873 (45.0)

12,146 (44.1)

95,829 (39.6)

Third

12,133 (37.4)

5,182 (19.8)

4,209 (5.7)

1,075 (2.9)

15,606 (43.8)

1,525 (17.7)

3,994 (14.5)

43,724 (18.1)

Delivery mode, N (%)

        

Vaginal

33,666 (97.4)

26,173 (98.1)

65,197 (85.4)

29,568 (78.9)

37,468 (85.1)

6,294 (64.9)

23,118 (81.2)

221,484 (86.1)

Vaginal assisted

410 (1.2)

235 (0.9)

208 (0.3)

417 (1.1)

2,428 (5.5)

13 (0.1)

24 (0.1)

3,735 (1.5)

C-section

477 (1.4)

271 (1.0)

10,902 (14.3)

7,498 (20.0)

4,144 (9.4)

3,394 (35.0)

5,313 (18.7)

31,999 (12.4)

Birth attendant, N (%)

        

Physician

596 (1.7)

546 (2.0)

44,515 (58.3)

22,495 (60.0)

11,140 (25.3)

7,011 (72.3)

12,246 (43.0)

98,549 (38.3)

Nurse/Midwife/HW

14,002 (40.5)

14,916 (55.9)

27,615 (36.2)

13,736 (36.6)

11,691 (26.5)

2,641 (27.2)

511 (1.8)

85,112 (33.1)

TBA

15,749 (45.6)

6,954 (26.1)

1,867 (2.4)

1,015 (2.7)

20,400 (46.3)

2 (0.0)

15,616 (54.9)

61,603 (24.0)

Family/Other

4,206 (12.2)

4,263 (16.0)

2,310 (3.0)

237 (0.6)

810 (1.8)

42 (0.4)

83 (0.3)

11,951 (4.6)

Live births (neonates), N

34,931

26,875

76,782

37,714

44,472

9,763

28,624

259,161

Multiple birth, N (%)

740 (2.1)

398 (1.5)

940 (1.2)

474 (1.3)

878 (2.0)

124 (1.3)

345 (1.2)

3,899 (1.5)

Male gender, N (%)

17,653 (50.5)

14,126 (52.6)

39,775 (51.8)

19,612 (52.0)

23,220 (52.2)

5,040 (51.7)

14,549 (50.8)

133,975 (51.7)

Birth weight

34,902

26,871

76,770

37,700

44,413

9,756

28,621

259,033

< 1000g

3 (0.0)

11 (0.0)

33 (0.0)

5 (0.0)

14 (0.0)

16 (0.2)

16 (0.1)

98 (0.0)

1000-1499g

24 (0.1)

42 (0.2)

289 (0.4)

152 (0.4)

209 (0.5)

34 (0.3)

81 (0.3)

831 (0.3)

1500-2499g

836 (2.4)

1,151 (4.3)

9,396 (12.2)

5,128 (13.6)

5,990 (13.5)

483 (5.0)

3,355 (11.7)

26,339 (10.2)

≥ 2500g

34,039 (97.5)

25,667 (95.5)

67,052 (87.3)

32,415 (86.0)

38,200 (86.0)

9,223 (94.5)

25,169 (87.9)

231,765 (89.5)

Bag and mask resuscitation, N (%)

531 (1.5)

460 (1.7)

2,688 (3.5)

1,034 (2.8)

2,027 (4.6)

369 (3.8)

285 (1.0)

7,394 (2.9)

Baby placed on mother's chest after delivery, N (%)

20,231 (58.2)

20,853 (78.6)

43,337 (58.6)

23,066 (62.5)

2,920 (6.6)

7,563 (78.5)

14,602 (51.4)

132,572 (52.1)

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