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Table 1 Descriptive statistics

From: Socio-demographic determinants and access to prenatal care in Italy

Variable

Category

Number of visits

First visit

< 4

≥ 4

Total

≥ 12 weeks

< 12 weeks

Total

n

%

n

%

n

n

%

n

%

n

Maternal age

≤ 20

206

19.64

843

80.36

1049

149

14.23

898

85.77

1047

 

20 - 29

1418

10.73

11802

89.27

13220

1147

8.71

12022

91.29

13169

 

30 - 39

1415

5.93

22438

94.07

23853

1239

5.21

22564

94.79

23803

 

> 39

201

7.36

2529

92.64

2730

154

5.65

2570

94.35

2724

Maternal nationality

ITA

1630

5.29

29182

94.71

30812

1341

4.36

29402

95.64

30743

 

EU-27

473

16.94

2319

83.06

2792

371

13.36

2406

86.64

2777

 

Extra EU-27

1170

17.36

5571

82.64

6741

1069

15.93

5643

84.07

6712

Maternal education

High

515

4.71

10427

95.29

10942

491

4.5

10431

95.5

10922

 

Medium

1528

6.91

20590

93.09

22118

1175

5.32

20891

94.68

22066

 

Low

1376

13.15

9091

86.85

10467

1159

11.1

9279

88.9

10438

Maternal employment

White-collar

288

5.12

5341

94.88

5629

247

4.4

5373

95.6

5620

 

Blue-collar

1128

5.04

21238

94.96

22366

925

4.14

21396

95.86

22321

 

Unemployed

523

12.4

3695

87.6

4218

423

10.06

3780

89.94

4203

 

Student

75

11.19

595

88.81

670

58

8.68

610

91.32

668

 

Housewife

1402

13.24

9190

86.76

10592

1165

11.03

9397

88.97

10562

Marital status

Married

2528

7.44

31441

92.56

33969

2189

6.46

31707

93.54

33896

 

Unmarried

900

9.28

8802

90.72

9702

639

6.61

9026

93.39

9665

Parity

0

1746

6.67

24430

93.33

26176

1386

5.31

24712

94.69

26098

 

1+

1693

9.61

15927

90.39

17620

1464

8.33

16114

91.67

17578

Deprivation index

sed1

959

8.66

10115

91.34

11074

738

6.68

10317

93.32

11055

 

sed2

870

7.3

11046

92.7

11916

969

8.16

10910

91.84

11879

 

sed3

970

7.6

11799

92.4

12769

613

4.82

12115

95.18

12728

 

sed4

642

7.98

7407

92.02

8049

530

6.6

7495

93.4

8025

Year

2005

659

9.22

6492

90.78

7151

604

8.48

6520

91.52

7124

 

2006

571

7.92

6638

92.08

7209

564

7.84

6626

92.16

7190

 

2007

560

7.9

6531

92.1

7091

474

6.7

6598

93.3

7072

 

2008

601

7.85

7054

92.15

7655

411

5.39

7216

94.61

7627

 

2009

531

7.2

6842

92.8

7373

432

5.87

6929

94.13

7361

 

2010

519

7.08

6810

92.92

7329

365

4.99

6948

95.01

7313

Total

 

2850

6.52

40837

93.48

43687

3441

7.85

40367

92.15

43808

  1. Note: The socio-economic deprivation index is built as already described in the Methods section.