Table 1

Descriptive characteristics of Haitian women who resided in the Mirebalais commune (n=1105, unless specified otherwise)

	Total population (n=1105)		Delivered at HUM (n=773)		Did not deliver at HUM (n=332)
	N	%	n	%	n	%
Communal section
Crete Brulee	317	29	235	30	82	25
Gascogne	69	6	38	5	31	9
Grand Boucan	389	35	275	36	114	34
Sarazin	330	30	225	29	105	32
Age category (years)
<20	127	11	90	12	37	11
20–34	785	71	543	70	242	73
>34	193	17	140	18	53	16
Distance between home and HUM (km), mean (SD)	8.4	1.1	8.3	1.1	8.5	1.3
First pregnancy	382	35	281	36	101	30
Prior abortion (one or more)	48	4	39	5	9	3
Prior miscarriage (one or more)	87	8	62	8	25	8
Prior stillbirths (one or more)	107	10	72	9	35	11
Living children
0	440	40	325	42	115	35
1	557	50	376	49	181	55
2 or more	108	10	72	9	36	11
Prior livebirths
0	431	39	317	41	114	34
1	548	50	375	49	173	52
2 or more	126	11	81	10	45	14
Likelihood of poverty, mean (SD) (n=766)	36	27	33	26	41	27
Household hunger scale
No hunger in household	377	34	274	35	103	31
Moderate hunger in household	324	29	237	31	87	26
Severe hunger in household	404	37	262	34	142	43