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Table 1 Basic characteristics of participantsa

From: Maternal education level and maternal healthcare utilization in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: an analysis of the multiple indicator cluster survey 2017/18

 

Level of Education

 

Below Primary and NoneN = 1,873

PrimaryN = 3,408

Secondary and AboveN = 3,279

Mean age, years (SD)

30.22(0.33)

29.30(0.26)

27.54(0.19)

Urban, %

14.60

22.63

58.56

Wealth Group, %

  Very Poor

39.63

31.64

13.37

  Poor

28.97

27.99

14.35

  Middle

21.06

24.13

16.04

  Rich

10.34

16.24

56.24

Marital Status,%

  Currently Married

88.69

86.68

82.19

  Formerly Married

6.24

7.51

5.81

  Never Married

5.08

7.64

10.16

Age at first marriage,b %

  ≤14

12.74

13.49

8.06

  >14, ≤ 16

16.47

21.50

15.39

  >16, ≤ 18

20.69

24.43

20.29

  > 18

50.10

40.57

56.26

Ever Smoke, %

1.62

1.78

1.59

Ever Use Alcohol, %

24.86

34.10

33.63

Has Disability, %

2.14

3.86

2.54

Has Insurance, %

0.37

1.11

6.93

Maternal Healthcare Utilization, %

  Received Prenatal Care

73.66

79.43

89.17

  Antenatal Care ≥ 4

34.56

36.09

50.69

  Skilled attendant at birth

76.84

80.43

91.68

  Mother received postnatal care

2.81

6.29

3.61

  Baby received postnatal care

5.89

7.62

2.38

  Cesarean section

3.62

3.45

7.77

  1. aThe tabled figures here all considered weight by employing “svy” command in Stata
  2. b585 participants had never been married in the dataset. Thus, the data were only available for 7,975 participants for the variable “age at first marriage”