From: Spatial patterns of fetal loss and infant death in an arsenic-affected area in Bangladesh
Variables | Fetal loss and infant death | Live infants and migration-out | Total | |||
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N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Age categories, yearsa (χ2 = 143.2, ρ < 0.001) | ||||||
< 20 20-24 25-29 30-34 > = 35 | 476 1037 1044 582 526 | 17 13 12 12 20 | 2276 7151 7594 4127 2159 | 83 87 88 88 80 | 2752 8188 8638 4709 2685 | 10 30 32 18 10 |
Educationb (χ2 = 12.0, ρ = 0.007) | ||||||
No education Primary Secondary Higher | 1933 1032 655 45 | 14 13 12 12 | 11519 6825 4626 337 | 86 87 88 88 | 13452 7857 5281 382 | 50 29 20 1 |
Household assets score quintiles (χ2 = 15.5, ρ = 0.004) | ||||||
1 (poor) 2 3 4 5 (rich) | 668 839 747 741 670 | 14 15 14 13 13 | 3975 4875 4775 5107 4575 | 86 85 86 87 87 | 4643 5714 5522 5848 5245 | 17 21 21 22 19 |
Arsenic concentration in tube-well waterc (μg/L) (χ2 = 24.4, ρ < 0.001) | ||||||
< 10 10-49 50-199 200-299 300-399 400-499 > = 500 | 652 209 672 720 588 406 418 | 12 12 14 14 15 15 14 | 4684 1572 4302 4386 3361 2327 2675 | 88 88 86 86 85 85 86 | 5336 1781 4974 5106 3949 2733 3093 | 20 7 18 19 15 10 11 |
Year of pregnancy outcomes (χ2 = 21.9, ρ < 0.001) | ||||||
1991-1992 1993-1994 1995-1996 1997-1998 1999-2000 | 637 679 682 784 883 | 15 15 13 13 13 | 3495 4002 4530 5274 6006 | 85 85 83 83 83 | 4132 4681 5212 6058 6889 | 15 17 19 23 26 |