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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of women included, overall and by district

From: Coverage of private sector community midwife services in rural Punjab, Pakistan: development and demand

Sociodemographic indicator

Overall ( n  = 1457)

District

P value

Jhelum ( n  = 747)

Layyah ( n  = 710)

Age, mean ± SD

28.3 ± 0.15

28.0 ± 0.21

28.5 ± 0.22

0.99

Currently married, %

99.3

99.2

99.3

0.20

Mean number of children, mean ± SD

2.9 ± 0.05

2.7 ± 0.07

3.1 ± 0.08

1.00

Caste, %

   

0.00

 High caste

45.4

59.3

30.8

 

 Middling caste

29.6

15.7

44.2

 

 Low caste (Kammis)

25.0

25.0

25.0

 

Education, %

   

0.00

 No education

38.2

24.5

52.7

 

 1–5 years schooling

26.9

30.0

23.7

 

 6–10 years schooling

28.1

36.9

18.6

 

 More than 11 years schooling

6.8

8.6

5.1

 

Husband’s education, %

   

0.00

 No education

20.7

14.3

27.5

 

 1–5 years schooling

14.9

11.2

18.7

 

 6–10 years schooling

50.8

62.2

38.8

 

 More than 11 years schooling

13.6

12.4

15.0

 

Employment, %

    

 Yes

11.5

3.1

20.4

0.00

If employed, type of work (n = 199), %

   

0.00

 Professional

10.3

18.2

9.0

 

 Skilled workers

67.0

68.2

66.9

 

 Agricultural labourers on other’s land

13.4

0

15.2

 

 Unskilled workersa

9.3

13.6

9.0

 

Husband’s occupation, %

   

0.00

 Professional/landowner

16.4

9.6

23.6

 

 Skilled worker

46.7

56.1

36.7

 

 Agricultural labourer on other’s land

5.4

0.9

10.0

 

 Unskilled worker

29.3

29.5

29.3

 

 Not working/unemployed

2.2

3.9

0.4

 

Material asset index, %

   

0.00

 First quartile (poorest)

25.9

18.7

33.4

 

 Second quartile

25.3

24.2

26.4

 

 Third quartile

24.0

27.7

20.1

 

 Fourth quartile (wealthy)

24.9

29.4

20.2

 
  1. aDomestic labour in people’s houses, at weddings and funerals.