Belonging to the Sukuma ethnic group compared to other ethnic groups such as the Pogoro, Mhehe, Mgindo and others, perceived poor quality of care, late recognition of pregnancy and not being supported by the husband or partner were identified as factors associated with a later antenatal care enrolment (p < 0.05).
Some studies show that casual sexual behaviors are frequent, and condoms were infrequently used among the Yi ethnic group compared to the Han ethnic group [ 20, 25].
Ethnicity was also important, where the adjusted odds of MSP was generally lower in all ethnic groups compared to the Pogoro ethnic group, and was significantly lower among Ndengereko women compared to the Pogoro women (AOR =0.33, 95% CI 0.18 0.59).
Younger mothers (18 24 years) are more likely to be willing to pay for nutrition counseling services (OR: 2.26; p=0.001), as are mothers belonging to the Kinh ethnic group compared to other minority ethnic groups (OR: 1.5; p=0.04), and mothers with greater than a primary education (OR ~1.7, p<0.05).
Fig. 3 Distribution of injury attendances at Hetauda hospital by ethnic group compared to the distribution of ethnic groups in the total population.
Using an estimation method analogous to difference-in-differences, the paper finds that gender-based differences in literacy, primary school completion, and secondary school completion are larger for minority ethnic groups compared to others, or ethnicity-based differences are larger for women compared to men.
The prevalence was higher among people belonging to ethnic minorities compared to people belonging to Vietnam's ethnic majority group, the Kinh (table 2).
There were no differences in the distribution of CHDs neither in the ethnic group compared to the Caucasian group nor within the ethnic subgroups.
Statistical analysis was performed using STATA v.10 (StataCorp, College Station, TX, U.S.A .. Ethnic groups were classified as Chagga as the predominant ethnic group compared to all others.
For all four cancers, there is significant heterogeneity between ethnic groups (p < 0.001), with a lower incidence for all ethnic groups compared to Whites, for all cancers except prostate cancer, where Blacks had by far the highest incidence.
