Table 2 Maternal characteristics of weighted pregnancy events from the five EN-INDEPTH HDSS sites (n = 14,984)
|  | Bandim n = 2708 n (%) | Dabat n = 2019 n (%) | IgangaMayuge n = 1975 n (%) | Kintampo n = 3625 n (%) | Matlab n = 4656 n (%) | Overall n = 14,984 n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Maternal age at interview | ||||||
  15–24 | 712 (26.3) | 389 (19.3) | 496 (25.1) | 554 (15.3) | 1478 (31.7) | 3629 (24.2) |
  25–34 | 1349 (49.8) | 975 (48.3) | 985 (49.9) | 1710 (47.2) | 2545 (54.7) | 7565 (50.5) |
  35+ | 647 (23.9) | 655 (32.4) | 494 (25.0) | 1360 (37.5) | 633 (13.6) | 3789 (25.3) |
  Mean age | 29.5 | 30.8 | 29.7 | 32.2 | 27.8 | 29.8 |
Marital status at interviewa | ||||||
  Currently in union | 2108 (77.9) | 1908 (94.5) | 1797 (91.0) | 3325 (91.7) | 4656 (100) | 13,794 (92.1) |
  Not in union | 597 (22.1) | 111 (5.5) | 178 (9.0) | 301 (8.3) | 0 (0.0) | 1187 (7.9) |
Highest level of education | ||||||
  No education | 950 (35.1) | 1313 (65.0) | 170 (8.6) | 1499 (41.3) | 175 (3.8) | 4108 (27.4) |
  Primary | 746 (27.5) | 434 (21.5) | 1084 (54.9) | 1800 (49.6) | 822 (17.7) | 4886 (32.6) |
  Secondary+ | 1012 (37.4) | 272 (13.4) | 720 (36.5) | 327 (9.0) | 3659 (78.6) | 5990 (40.0) |
Wealth quintile | ||||||
  Poorest | 690 (25.5) | 263 (13.0) | 272 (13.8) | 716 (19.8) | 887 (19.0) | 2827 (18.9) |
  Poor | 528 (19.5) | 336 (16.7) | 353 (17.9) | 761 (21.0) | 977 (21.0) | 2956 (19.7) |
  Middle | 469 (17.3) | 447 (22.1) | 365 (18.5) | 704 (19.4) | 924 (19.8) | 2909 (19.4) |
  Rich | 509 (18.8) | 390 (19.3) | 458 (23.2) | 713 (19.7) | 932 (20.0) | 3003 (20.0) |
  Richest | 512 (18.9) | 582 (28.8) | 528 (26.7) | 731 (20.2) | 936 (20.1) | 3288 (21.9) |
Number of living children at conception | ||||||
  0 | 544 (20.1) | 246 (12.2) | 251 (12.7) | 429 (11.8) | 1308 (28.1) | 2777 (18.5) |
  1–2 | 1277 (47.2) | 690 (34.2) | 660 (33.4) | 1411 (38.9) | 2971 (63.8) | 7009 (46.8) |
  3–4 | 650 (24.0) | 583 (28.9) | 517 (26.2) | 1138 (31.4) | 351 (7.5) | 3239 (21.6) |
  5+ | 237 (8.8) | 500 (24.8) | 548 (27.7) | 647 (17.9) | 26 (0.6) | 1959 (13.1) |
  Mean no of living children | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 2.2 |
No of desired family sizea | ||||||
  0–2 | 436 (16.4) | 618 (30.6) | 144 (7.3) | 483 (13.3) | na | 1681 (16.4) |
  3–4 | 1155 (43.4) | 477 (23.7) | 570 (28.9) | 1101 (30.4) | na | 3303 (32.1) |
  5–6 | 393 (14.8) | 420 (20.8) | 850 (43.1) | 1077 (29.7) | na | 2740 (26.7) |
  7+ | 124 (4.7) | 270 (13.4) | 388 (19.7) | 526 (14.5) | na | 1309 (12.7) |
  Non-numeric | 552 (20.7) | 232 (11.5) | 22 (1.1) | 436 (12.0) | na | 1241 (12.1) |
  Mean desired family size | 3.8 | 3.6 | 5.4 | 4.6 | na | 4.4 |
Future fertility desire | ||||||
  Want more | 1864 (69.5) | 1327 (65.7) | 1354 (69.4) | 2418 (67.7) | na | 6963 (68.1) |
  No more | 407 (15.2) | 539 (26.7) | 469 (24.0) | 790 (22.1) | na | 2205 (21.6) |
  Cannot get pregnant | 2 (0.1) | 5 (0.3) | 43 (2.2) | 26 (0.7) | na | 77 (0.8) |
  Undecided/ don’t know | 407 (15.2) | 147 (7.3) | 86 (4.4) | 336 (9.4) | na | 977 (9.6) |
Median time since last delivery (months) | ||||||
| Â | 25 | 26 | 22 | 27 | 29 | 26 |
Number of ANC visits | ||||||
  0 | 34 (1.4) | 663 (32.9) | 18 (0.9) | 59 (2.1) | 298 (6.4) | 1072 (7.7) |
  1–3 | 424 (17.9) | 716 (35.5) | 642 (32.7) | 519 (18.1) | 1626 (35.0) | 3927 (28.3) |
  4+ | 1910 (80.7) | 636 (31.6) | 1304 (66.4) | 2287 (79.8) | 2727 (58.6) | 8865 (63.9) |
Place of last delivery | ||||||
  Home | 797 (34.0) | 1185 (59.7) | 175 (9.4) | 1158 (32.4) | 1402 (39.6) | 4718 (35.4) |
  Health facility | 1549 (66.0) | 801 (40.3) | 1698 (90.6) | 2416 (67.6) | 2143 (60.4) | 8606 (64.6) |
Last pregnancy outcome | ||||||
  Stillbirth | 51 (1.9) | 18 (0.9) | 15 (0.7) | 59 (1.6) | 79 (1.7) | 221 (1.5) |
  Neonatal death | 99 (3.7) | 52 (2.6) | 56 (2.9) | 81 (2.3) | 101 (2.2) | 390 (2.6) |
  Post-neonatal survivors | 2559 (96.3) | 1949 (97.4) | 1904 (97.1) | 3486 (97.7) | 4476 (97.8) | 14,373 (97.4) |
Birthweight of last pregnancy outcomeb | ||||||
  < 2.5 Kg | 203 (11.9) | 21 (8.4) | 156 (9.7) | 105 (6.8) | 626 (22.0) | 1111 (13.9) |
  ≥ 2.5 Kg | 1501 (88.1) | 233 (91.6) | 1457 (90.3) | 1448 (93.2) | 2223 (78.0) | 6862 (86.1) |