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Table 1 Demographic factors in 1994–1996 and 2003–2004, Shihezi, Xinjiang, PR China

From: A decade of change in breastfeeding in China's far north-west

  

1994–1996

2003–2004

Characteristic

Values

n

%

n

%

Ethnicity

Han Chinese

797

97

490

89.9

 

Minorities

25

3

55

10.1

Maternal work

Farmer

138

16.8

60

10.9

 

Housewife

68

8.3

174

32.0

 

Worker

442

53.8

82

15.1

 

Office Worker

118

14.3

82

15.1

 

Others

56

6.8

142

26.8

Gestation

<37 Weeks

33

4

7

1.7

 

37–41 Weeks

720

87.6

397

96.1

 

42+ Weeks

69

8.4

9

2.2

 

Missing

  

132

 

Birth Order

1

737

89.7

483

88.8

 

2+

85

10.3

61

11.2

Baby's Gender

Male

444

54

280

51.4

 

Female

378

46

265

48.6

Birth Weight

<2500 g

36

4.4

11

2.1

 

2500–2999 g

132

16.1

60

11.5

 

3000–3499 g

358

43.5

191

36.5

 

3500–3999 g

232

28.2

214

40.8

 

4000 g+

64

7.8

48

9.2

 

Missing

  

21

 

Total

 

822

 

545