Table 1 Summary statistics (N: 204,615)
From: Effects of COVID-19 pandemic on low birth weight in a nationwide study in India
Pandemic cohort | Prepandemic cohort | Pandemic–prepandemic cohort | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean/% | Mean | Difference | P-value | |
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | |
Birth weight (g) | 2763.32 | 2809.98 | −46.65 | 5 × 10−19 |
LBW (<2.5 kg) | 20% | 17% | 0.03 | 7 × 10−10 |
Female | 49% | 48% | 0.007 | 0.084 |
Birth order | 2.05 | 2.08 | −0.04 | 0.028 |
Mother’s age | 25.52 | 27.36 | −1.83 | 0.00008 |
Maternal education | ||||
Years of schooling | 8.47 | 7.79 | 0.68 | 1 × 10−44 |
No education | 18% | 20% | −0.02 | 3 × 10−8 |
Primary completed | 10.4% | 13% | −0.02 | 6 × 10−13 |
Secondary completed | 53% | 53% | −0.001 | 0.686 |
Higher than secondary | 18.7% | 14% | 0.04 | 3 × 10−31 |
SCST | 43% | 39% | 0.03 | 3 × 10−13 |
Hindu religion | 82% | 74% | 0.08 | 1 × 10−94 |
Rural | 80% | 79% | 0.02 | 4 × 10−6 |
Wealth quintiles | ||||
Poorest | 27% | 24% | 0.02 | 2 × 10−12 |
Poorer | 21% | 23% | −0.02 | 8 × 10−10 |
Middle | 18% | 20% | −0.02 | 3 × 10−19 |
Richer | 17% | 18% | −0.006 | 0.011 |
Richest | 17% | 14% | 0.03 | 1 × 10−12 |
Observations | 11,851 (7.8%) | 192,764 (92.2%) | ||
