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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the pregnant women in the study (N = 49,536)

From: Development of the Global Network for Women’s and Children’s Health Research’s socioeconomic status index for use in the network’s sites in low and lower middle-income countries

Characteristic

N

%

Site

 Democratic Republic of Congo

6998

14

 Guatemala

10,287

21

 India (Belagavi)

7309

15

 India (Nagpur)

7776

16

 Kenya

7104

14

 Pakistan

4416

9

 Zambia

5646

11

Age

 < 20

7814

16

 20–35

38,976

79

 > 35

2714

5

Parity

 0

16,516

33

 1–4

28,044

57

 > 4

4951

10

Type of education

 No formal education

8857

18

 Formal education

40,655

82

Years of education

 0

8857

18

 1–6

11,059

22

 7–12

25,907

52

 13+

3686

7

Received any antenatal care

 Yes

32,420

97

 No

1034

3

Delivered in a health facility

 Yes

14,557

45

 No

17,731

55