Explaining household socio-economic related child health inequalities using multiple methods in three diverse settings in South Africa

Table 2 Basic socio-demographic characteristics of mother and child pairs

Variables	Peri-urban farm area	Rural area	Peri-urban township area	p-value	Combined (N)
Household socioeconomic position
Most poor	21	123	7	0.000***	151
Very poor	33	55	64	0.000***	152
Poor	40	27	83	0.000***	150
Less poor	50	14	87	0.000***	151
Least poor	45	2	103	0.000***	150
Observations (N)	189	221	344		754
Maternal education
Primary	10	13	16	0.483	39
Secondary	156	209	248	0.000***	613
Matric	34	37	143	0.000***	214
Observations (N)	200	259	407		866
Maternal age
≤20	36	87	68	0.000***	191
21-30	130	151	264	0.120	545
>30	34	27	81	0.005***	142
Observations (N)	200	265	413		878
Marital status
Married	40	101	117	0.000***	158
Observations (N)	200	263	408		871
Infant's sex
Female	110	143	196	0.093*	449
Observations (N)	198	262	414		874
Household income
Median (R/month)	800	640	700	0.001***	735
Interquartile range	(600-1300)	(320-860)	(400-1200)		(0-1200)
Observations (N)	176	222	299		697

*** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1
Reference categories for categorical variables used in the regression model in bold

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