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Table 1 Maternal characteristics in the 2015 Pelotas Birth Cohort, Brazil

From: Agreement of antenatal care indicators from self-reported questionnaire and the antenatal care card of women in the 2015 Pelotas birth cohort, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Characteristics

Mothers with ANC and card (n = 3923) n (%)

Mothers without ANC or card (n = 346) n (%)

Chi-squared test p value

Age (years)

 ≤ 19

565 (90.0)

63 (10.0)

0.144

 20–29

1.878 (92.7)

147 (7.3)

 

 30–39

1.365 (91.6)

125 (8.4)

 

 ≥ 40

115 (91.3)

11 (8.7)

 

Maternal education (complete years of schooling)

 0–4

337 (85.5)

57 (14.5)

<0.001

 5–8

985 (89.7)

113 (10.3)

 

 9–11

1.388 (94.9)

75 (5.1)

 

 12 +

1.213 (92.3)

101 (7.7)

 

Marital status

 Without partner

535 (86.4)

84 (13.6)

<0.001

 With partner

3.388 (92.8)

262 (7.2)

 

Skin color

 White

2.824 (92.5)

230 (7.5)

0.086

 Black

586 (90.2)

64 (9.8)

 

 Other

513 (90.8)

52 (9.2)

 

Family income (quintiles)

 Lowest/first

759 (88.5)

99 (11.5)

 

 Second

784 (91.8)

70 (8.2)

<0.001

 Third

802 (93.6)

55 (6.4)

 

 Fourth

803 (93.7)

54 (6.3)

 

 Highest/fifth

774 (91.9)

68 (8.1)

 

Type of delivery

 Normal

1.378 (91.2)

133 (8.8)

0.217

 C-section

2.545 (92.3)

213 (7.7)

 

Parity

 Primiparous

1.977 (93.5)

137 (6.5)

<0.001

 ≥ 2 children

1.945 (90.3)

209 (9.7)

 

ANC consultation by same professional

 Yes

2.074 (93.4)

147 (6.6)

0.059

 No

1.849 (94.8)

102 (5.2)

 

Type of health care provider

 Public

1.372 (98.6)

20 (1.4)

0.175

 Private

1.203 (97.6)

30 (2.4)

 

 Others

472 (97.9)

10 (2.1)

 
  1. For some variables, the number of subjects does not add up to the total of the subjects included due to missing information