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Table 1 Demographic and social characteristics and prenatal and delivery care service use, Brazil, 2011-2012

From: Prenatal testing and prevalence of HIV infection during pregnancy: data from the “Birth in Brazil” study, a national hospital-based study

Maternal characteristics

n

%

Region of residence

  

Southeast

10.155

42.5

North

2.296

9.6

Northeast

6.904

28.9

South

2.984

12.5

Midwest

1.555

6.5

Maternal age

  

12 to 19 years

4.570

19.1

20 to 34 years

16.807

70.4

35 and over

2.509

10.5

Schooling level (years)

  

11 or more

11.371

47,8

8 to 10

6.085

25.6

0 to 7

6.322

26.6

Skin color

  

White

8.079

33.8

Mixed

13.403

56.1

Black

2.051

8.6

East Asian

257

1.1

Indigenous

99

0.4

Conjugal situation

  

With partner

19.439

81.4

Without partner

4.432

18.5

Type of prenatal care service

  

No prenatal consultations

319

1.3

Public clinic

17.575

73.6

Private clinic

5.971

25.0

Start of prenatal care

  

> week 28

857

3.7

Weeks 13 to 28

8.382

35.8

Up to week 12

14.182

60.6

Adequacy of number of consultations 1

  

No

6.782

28.4

Yes

17.112

71.6

Type of delivery care service

  

Private

3.462

14.5

Mixed

10.596

44.3

Public

9.836

41.2

Total

23.894

100

  1. Totals for these variables vary because of missing values. For start of prenatal care and adequacy of number of consultations, total available for women who had prenatal care. 1Considering a minimum of six consultations for a term pregnancy, adjusted for gestational age at delivery.