Research Article

Twin Pregnancy in Brazil: A Profile Analysis Exploring Population Information from the National Birth E-Registry on Live Births

Table 2

Sociodemographic and obstetrical characteristics of women in twin and single pregnancies, Brazil, SINASC 2011-2014.

CharacteristicsTwin pregnancy n (%)Single pregnancy n (%)Cramer V

Schooling 0.0194
 None6 (0.0)1 346 (0.01)
 Primary I1 230 (0.96)90 740 (0.81)
 Primary II5 729 (4.48)483 057 (4.31)
 High school26 017 (20.36)2 545 424 (22.72)
 Superior incomplete65 492 (51.25)6 256 239 (55.85)
 Superior complete29 313 (22.94)1 824 983 (16.29)
Age (years) 0.0280
 < 2014 225 (10.94)2 208 896 (19.34)
 20-3492 963 (71.51)7 911 889 (69.27)
 35 or above22 813 (17.55)1 300 704 (11.39)
Marital condition 0.0000
 With partner78 626 (61.10)6 259 141 (55.52)
 Without partner50 050 (38.90)5 015 487 (44.48)
Skin color/ethnicity 0.0000
 White55 354 (44.44)4 322 827 (39.41)
 Non-white69 196 (55.56)6 644 858 (60.59)
Parity 0.0073
 042 023 (38.44)3 931 147 (41.80)
 ≥ 167 302 (61.56)5 474 223 (58.20)
Number of previous C-sections 0.0065
 075 966 (71.93)6 768 826 (74.59)
 ≥ 129 644 (28.07)2 305 741 (25.41)
Number of prenatal visits 0.0000
 < 747 873 (37.22)4 158 908 (36.77)
 ≥ 780 752 (62.78)7 151 902 (63.23)
Place of delivery 0.0061
 Hospital128 707 (99.01)11 226 686 (98.30)
 Another health facility554 (0.43)89 796 (0.79)
 Home568 (0.44)90 158 (0.79)
 Others164 (0.13)14 336 (0.13)

Missing data: (a) 222 131. (b) 217. (c) 148 403. (d) 459 472. (e) 2 037 012. (f) 2 371 530. (g) 112 272. (h) 738.