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Table 2 Characteristics of observations among mother-newborn pairs by level of care, April–June 2016a

From: State of newborn care in South Sudan’s displacement camps: a descriptive study of facility-based deliveries

Variableb

Hospital

PHCC

All facilities

n = 153

n = 190

N = 343

No.

(%)

No.

(%)

No.

(%)

Type of health worker at deliveryc

 Skilled birth attendant

153

(100.0)

103

(54.2)

256

(74.6)

 Traditional birth attendant

0

(0.0)

87

(45.8)

87

(25.4)

Sex of health worker at delivery

 Male

79

(51.6)

18

(9.5)

97

(28.3)

 Female

74

(48.4)

172

(90.5)

246

(71.7)

Mean birth weight, kg

3.0 ± 0.5

3.1 ± 0.6

3.1 ± 0.6

Maternal gravidity

 1

24

(15.7)

29

(16.6)

53

(16.2)

 2–4

88

(57.5)

85

(48.6)

173

(52.7)

 ≥ 5

41

(26.8)

61

(34.9)

102

(31.1)

Maternal education

 No school

115

(75.2)

135

(72.6)

250

(73.8)

 Primary

30

(19.6)

39

(93.6)

69

(20.4)

 Secondary or higher

6

(3.9)

10

(5.4)

16

(4.7)

Maternal employment

 Unemployed

152

(99.4)

168

(90.8)

320

(94.7)

 Employed

1

(0.7)

17

(9.2)

18

(5.4)

  1. aValues are given as number(percentage) and mean ± standard deviation
  2. bMissing data for these variables was as follows: type of health worker, 0 (0.0%); sex of health worker, 0 (0.0%); birth weight, 35 (10.2%); gravidity, 15 (4.37%); education, 8 (2.3%); employment, 5 (1.5%)
  3. cSkilled birth attendant defined as having a degree or certificate in midwifery
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