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Table 3 Distribution and CI of history of pregnancy and delivery outcomes among Chinese women in 2006 and 2008-2009

From: Equity in use of maternal health services in Western Rural China: a survey from Shaanxi province

Gravidity and outcomes

Year

Income level,%

Total

CI a(95% confidence interval)

  

Poorest

2nd

Middle

4th

Richest

  

Number of pregnancies ≥3

2006

14.4

11.7

16.7

10.6

10.1

12.6

−0.0706(−0.1695, 0.0282)

2008

19.4

25.7

15.3

17.3

20.7

19.4

−0.0075(−0.0915, 0.0764)

Number of children ≥2

2006

51.7

49.4

45.0

35

24.6

40.6

−0.1340(−0.1796, −0.0885)*

2008

57.0

37.2

42.6

40.6

34.8

41.8

−0.0728(−0.1075, −0.0381)*

Birth weight <2500 g

2006

5.0

7.2

3.3

5.0

3.4

4.6

0.0975(−0.0737, 0.2687)

2008

2.8

1.7

4.1

2.7

1.7

2.8

0.1554(−0.0324, 0.3433)

Gestational weeks ≥37

2006

85.6

86.1

88.9

83.3

87.2

86.4

−0.0013(−.0165, 0.0138)

2008

94.5

91.7

97.2

95.8

95.4

94.6

0.0061(−0.0076, 0.0199)

  1. CI aconcentration index.
  2. *P < 0.05, for t-test comparison with CI = 0. A negative value of the CI was expected to indicate a higher rate among the poorer people.