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Table 5 Mean SES index scores by site, education, and location of delivery

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

Mean (SD)

Regression coefficient (SE)

p-value

Site

 Democratic Republic of Congo

11.01 (9.33)

− 51.11 (0.33)

< 0.001

 Kenya

17.13 (18.24)

− 44.99 (0.33)

< 0.001

 Zambia

35.26 (22.13)

− 26.86 (0.35)

< 0.001

 Pakistan

37.67 (25.86)

− 24.44 (0.38)

< 0.001

 Guatemala

55.49 (21.05)

− 6.62 (0.30)

< 0.001

 India (Belagavi)

60.82 (20.72)

− 1.30 (0.33)

< 0.001

 India (Nagpur)

62.12 (20.83)

Referent

 

Type of education

 No formal education

27.62 (23.36)

− 17.06 (0.32)

< 0.001

 Formal education

44.69 (27.99)

Referent

 

Years of education

 0

27.62 (23.36)

− 40.01 (0.51)

< 0.001

 1–6

34.24 (25.02)

− 33.38 (0.50)

< 0.001

 7–12

45.88 (27.33)

− 21.74 (0.46)

< 0.001

 13+

67.63 (25.46)

Referent

 

Received any antenatal care before delivery

 Yes

42.06 (28.23)

6.37 (0.89)

< 0.001

 No

35.69 (26.60)

Referent

 

Delivered in hospital

 Yes

56.25 (24.53)

25.47 (0.28)

< 0.001

 No

30.78 (25.38)

Referent

 
  1. Referent = reference category