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Table 1 Background characteristics of selected informants compared to all women with severe maternal morbidity (near-miss) at four hospitals in the La Paz region of Bolivia, September 2006 to February 2007 (valid percentage).

From: Social differentiation and embodied dispositions: a qualitative study of maternal care-seeking behaviour for near-miss morbidity in Bolivia

Characteristics

Informants n = 30

Near-miss total n = 401

Age (years)

  

   < 20

3 (10)

52 (13)

   20–35

22 (73)

278 (70)

   > 35

5 (17)

69 (17)

   Missing

0

2

   Mean (SD)

29 (6.6)

28 (7.1)

Marital status

  

   Single

6 (20)

45 (12)

   Co-habiting

24 (80)

335 (88)

   Missing

0

21

Education

  

   No formal education

0

13 (3)

   Primary (8 yrs)

15 (50)

136 (38)

   Secondary (12 yrs)

12 (40)

161 (45)

   Higher (> 12 yrs)

3 (10)

50 (14)

   Missing

0

41

Residency

  

   La Paz

8 (27)

137 (34)

   El Alto

16 (53)

193 (48)

   Rural

6 (20)

70 (18)

   Missing

0

1

Parity

  

   0

12 (40)

118 (30)

   1–4

14 (47)

224 (56)

   > 4

4 (13)

57 (14)

   Missing

0

2

   Median (Range)

2 (0–7)

2 (0–12)

Antenatal control

  

   0

9 (30)

100 (27)

   1–3

8 (27)

95 (25)

   > 3

13 (43)

179 (48)

   Missing

0

27

   Median (Range)

2.5 (0–9)

3 (0–16)