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Table 1 Characteristics, by cluster socioeconomic quartile group, of women who gave birth in urban slum communities under surveillance, Mumbai 2005–6

From: Inequalities in maternity care and newborn outcomes: one-year surveillance of births in vulnerable slum communities in Mumbai

   

Quartile group

 
 

All

(%)

1st

(%)

2nd

(%)

3rd

(%)

4th

(%)

OR

(95% CI)

Least poor: poorest

(95% CI)

Age at marriage

              

   Under 20

3635

(69)

1029

(79)

979

(75)

892

(68)

735

(56)

0.74

(0.69–0.79)

0.44

(0.35–0.55)

   20 or over

1603

(31)

280

(21)

329

(25)

420

(32)

574

(44)

    

Age at first pregnancy

              

   Under 20

2622

(50)

774

(59)

699

(53)

628

(48)

521

(40)

0.82

(0.78–0.87)

0.54

(0.44–0.65)

   20 or over

2616

(50)

535

(41)

609

(47)

684

(52)

788

(60)

    

Education

              

   No schooling

1477

(28)

605

(46)

437

(36)

264

(20)

141

(11)

0.56

(0.52–0.60)

0.15

(0.12–0.20)

   Primary

367

(7)

125

(10)

92

(7)

93

(7)

57

(4)

    

   Secondary

3014

(58)

543

(41)

694

(53)

865

(66)

912

(70)

    

   College

380

(7)

36

(3)

55

(4)

90

(7)

199

(15)

    

Literacy

3538

(67)

650

(50)

773

(59)

987

(75)

1128

(86)

1.74

(1.63–1.86)

5.56

(4.40–7.02)

Religion

              

   Hindu

2480

(47)

415

(32)

600

(46)

712

(54)

753

(57)

1.01

(0.94–1.09)

0.95

(0.73–1.23)

   Muslim

2411

(46)

858

(65)

638

(49)

474

(36)

441

(34)

0.90

(0.83–0.98)

0.84

(0.64–1.11)

   Other

347

(7)

36

(3)

70

(5)

126

(10)

115

(9)

    

Family type

              

   Nuclear

2925

(56)

1020

(78)

864

(66)

578

(44)

463

(35)

0.48

(0.45–0.51)

0.11

(0.09–0.15)

   Joint or extended

2313

(44)

289

(22)

444

(34)

734

(56)

846

(65)

    

Duration of residence

              

   Less than a year

1427

(27)

448

(34)

382

(29)

317

(24)

280

(21)

0.75

(0.71–0.80)

0.49

(0.40–0.60)

   1–10 years

2798

(54)

679

(52)

694

(53)

693

(53)

732

(56)

    

   More than 10 years

1013

(19)

182

(14)

232

(18)

302

(23)

297

(23)

    

All

5238

(100)

1309

(100)

1308

(100)

1312

(100)

1309

(100)

    
  1. OR: odds ratio adjusted for clustering with random effects logistic regression, with socioeconomic quartile group as an ordered independent variable.
  2. Least poor:poorest: odds ratio adjusted for clustering with random effects logistic regression, with a binary variable representing the 1st and 4th socioeconomic quartiles as the independent variable.
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