Jeffrey G Snodgrass, H J François Dengah, Seth I Sagstetter, Katya Xinyi Zhao
Causal inference in ethnographic research: Refining explanations with abductive logic, strength of evidence assessments, and graphical models
PloS one
study present results biodemographic characteristics households associated factors syndrome ds birth morocco conducted retrospective survey 2014 2017 addressed 277 families 925 siblings least one child ds 279 ds data collected using standardized questionnaire marrakechsafi region data entered analyzed using statistical program spss statistics software windows version 200 chisquare 2 student tests used testing statistical significance differences considered significant pvalue 005 binary logistic regression analysis ds nonds children biodemographic characteristics studied sex breastfeeding duration exclusive breastfeeding birth weight maternal age birth paternal age birth oral contraceptive use duration oral contraceptive use pregnancy child age rank birth showed maternal age paternal age birth duration exclusive breastfeeding birth weight child age 108 95cl 104113 104 95cl 100108 095 95cl 092098 031 95cl 022044 090 95cl 087093 respectively hand comparison socio biodemographic characteristics households studied data national population survey family health 2018 showed higher level education women men sample similar results shown proportion men women paid employment proportion smoking alcohol consumption among men rate oral contraceptive use pregnancy among women highlighting biodemographic characteristics people ds help families take good care group