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Characteristics of participants by study site in 1999 and 2003 |
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| Specialist |
City MCH |
District |
County |
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| 1999 |
2003 |
1999 |
2003 |
1999 |
2003 |
1999 |
2003 |
|
| N |
150 |
162 |
150 |
160 |
150 |
228 |
149 |
161 |
| Mean age ± SD |
28.2 ± 4.6 |
27.9 ± 3.9 |
27.7 ± 3.6 |
27.9 ± 3.9 |
28.5 ± 4.9 |
27.9 ± 4.7 |
24.5 ± 2.7 |
24.3 ± 3.5 |
| High school education† (%) |
119 (79) |
126 (78) |
130 (87) |
151 (94) |
116 (77) |
164 (72) |
40 (27) |
48 (30) |
| First delivery (%) |
132 (88) |
147 (91) |
143 (95) |
155 (97) |
139 (93) |
196 (86) |
139 (93) |
145 (90) |
| Self payment (%)* |
59 (39) |
71 (44) |
39 (26) |
46 (29) |
77 (51) |
129 (57) |
122 (82) |
142 (88) |
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† Women who had completed education up to age 18. *Payment of hospital fees out of pocket rather than via government, labour or medical insurance schemes | ||||||||
Qian et al. BMC Health Services Research 2006 6:29 doi:10.1186/1472-6963-6-29 |
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