Singletons (N = 32,436) | Twins (N = 1083) | |||||||
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No. | % | No. | % | OR a | 95 % CIb | P value | ||
Sex | ||||||||
Boys | 16386 | 50.5 | 504 | 46.5 | 1 (reference) | |||
Girls | 16049 | 49.5 | 579 | 53.5 | 1.17 | 1.02–1.34 | 0.022 | |
Ethnicity | ||||||||
Serahule | 14604 | 45.0 | 513 | 47.4 | 1 (reference) | |||
Mandinka | 6721 | 20.7 | 232 | 21.4 | 0.98 | 0.84–1.15 | 0.828 | |
Fula | 10508 | 32.4 | 321 | 29.6 | 0.87 | 0.75–1.00 | 0.053 | |
Others | 597 | 1.8 | 17 | 1.6 | 0.81 | 0.50–1.32 | 0.401 | |
Region | ||||||||
Rural | 28633 | 88.3 | 970 | 89.6 | 1 (reference) | |||
Urban | 3803 | 11.7 | 113 | 10.4 | 0.88 | 0.67–1.15 | 0.351 | |
Season of birth d | ||||||||
Wet | 17294 | 53.3 | 641 | 59.2 | 1 (reference) | |||
Dry | 15142 | 46.7 | 442 | 40.8 | 0.79 | 0.67–0.93 | 0.006 | |
Birth order | ||||||||
1 | 14395 | 44.4 | 393 | 36.3 | 1 (reference) | |||
2 | 12461 | 38.4 | 450 | 41.6 | 1.32 | 1.09–1.60 | 0.005 | |
3+ | 5580 | 17.2 | 240 | 12.2 | 1.58 | 1.25–1.98 | <0.001 | |
Mother age | ||||||||
<20 | 4810 | 15.0 | 80 | 7.5 | 1 (reference) | |||
20–24 | 10087 | 31.4 | 249 | 23.2 | 1.48 | 1.04–2.11 | 0.024 | |
25–29 | 7470 | 23.3 | 265 | 24.7 | 2.12 | 1.48–3.04 | <0.001 | |
30–34 | 5770 | 18.0 | 282 | 26.3 | 2.94 | 2.06–4.19 | <0.001 | |
≧35 | 3978 | 12.4 | 196 | 18.3 | 2.96 | 2.04–4.29 | <0.001 | |
Mother education level | ||||||||
No | 5600 | 17.3 | 162 | 15.0 | 1 (reference) | |||
Religious | 17201 | 53.0 | 633 | 58.5 | 1.28 | 1.00–1.64 | 0.052 | |
Basic | 2665 | 8.2 | 67 | 6.2 | 0.87 | 0.58–1.31 | 0.517 | |
Senior | 679 | 2.1 | 20 | 1.9 | 1.02 | 0.50–2.11 | 0.948 | |
Unknown | 6291 | 19.4 | 201 | 18.6 | 1.11 | 0.82–1.50 | 0.489 | |
Birth interval (<2 years) e | ||||||||
≧2 years | 29110 | 90.2 | 981 | 91.6 | 1 (reference) | |||
<2 years | 3181 | 9.9 | 90 | 8.4 | 0.84 | 0.67–1.05 | 0.117 | |
Access to clean water f | ||||||||
Yes | 23723 | 86.5 | 793 | 85.6 | 1 (reference) | |||
No | 3700 | 13.5 | 133 | 14.4 | 1.08 | 0.82–1.41 | 0.603 | |
SES index g | ||||||||
1st/Poorest | 5,150 | 20.3 | 159 | 18.6 | 1 (reference) | |||
2nd | 6,797 | 26.8 | 221 | 25.8 | 1.05 | 0.77–1.43 | 0.742 | |
3rd | 3,250 | 12.8 | 127 | 14.8 | 1.27 | 0.90–1.77 | 0.180 | |
4th | 5,129 | 20.2 | 195 | 22.8 | 1.23 | 0.90–1.67 | 0.194 | |
5th/wealthy | 5,061 | 19.9 | 154 | 18.0 | 0.99 | 0.71–1.36 | 0.930 |