Table 2 Comparison of Basic Parental characteristics after Propensity Score Matching.

From: Risk factors of stillbirth in rural China: A national cohort study

Exposure

group

Live birth (n = 6488)

Stillbirth (n = 811)

P

Maternal education level

illiteracy

18(0.28)

3(0.38)

0.9628

Primary school

547(8.50)

67(8.40)

Junior middle school

4136(64.23)

521(65.29)

Senior middle school

1144(17.77)

133(16.67)

undergraduate

582(9.04)

72(9.02)

Postgraduate and above

12(0.19)

2(0.25)

Maternal occupation

Farmer

4934(77.32)

627(78.28)

0.1554

Physical worker

577(9.04)

67(8.36)

service industry

256(4.01)

18(2.25)

businessman

116(1.82)

21(2.62)

house worker

152(2.38)

19(2.37)

office clerk

231(3.62)

32(4.00)

others

115(1.80)

17(2.12)

Paternal education level

illiteracy

9(0.14)

1(0.13)

0.2914

Primary school

395(6.17)

55(6.98)

Junior middle school

3993(62.4)

510(64.72)

Senior middle school

1326(20.72)

135(17.13)

undergraduate

665(10.39)

85(10.79)

Postgraduate and above

11(0.17)

2(0.25)

Paternal occupation

Farmer

4751(74.82)

607(76.54)

0.9257

Physical worker

767(12.08)

90(11.35)

service industry

261(4.11)

28(3.53)

businessman

213(3.35)

26(3.28)

house worker

215(3.39)

26(3.28)

office clerk

143(2.25)

16(2.02)

area

north

2294(35.36)

294(36.25)

0.6159

south

4194(64.64)

517(63.75)

east

5948(91.68)

749(92.36)

0.5080

west

540(8.32)

62(7.64)

breeding history

0

3536(56.05)

439(55.85)

0.4392

≥1

2773(43.95)

347(44.15)

Maternal age

25.45 ± 4.56

25.43 ± 4.64

0.8921

Paternal age

27.46 ± 4.88

27.43 ± 4.98

0.8707