The corrected table below should be used when referencing the article: “Sex Ratio at Birth and the Ideal Family in Chi Linh District, Vietnam” by Doan Thi Thuy Duong (Table 1, p32 of the issue 2, volume 3 December 2015 of the Vietnam Journal of Public Health English Edition). Table 1: Characteristics of studied sample Characteristics | N | Births | % | Characteristics | N | Births | % | Sex of births | 5940 | | | Birth order | 5896 | | | Boy | | 3136 | 52.8 | 1st child | | 2817 | 47.8 | Girl | | 2804 | 47.2 | 2nd child | | 2606 | 44.2 | Sex of previous child | 2854 | | | 3rd child | | 473 | 8.0 | Female | | 1473 | 51.6 | | | | | Male | | 1381 | 48.4 | | | | | Mother’s age | 5772 | | | Father’s age | 5488 | | | Under 25 | 2371 | 41.1 | Under 25 | | 850 | 15.5 | 25 – 29 | | 2035 | 35.3 | 25 - 29 | | 1999 | 36.4 | 30 – 34 | | 950 | 16.5 | 30 - 34 | | 1511 | 27.5 | >=35 | 416 | 7.2 | >=35 | | 1128 | 20.6 | Maternal occupation | 5676 | | | Household economic level | 5808 | | | Famer & worker | 2724 | 48.0 | Poorest | | 1173 | 19.5 | Officer | | 729 | 12.8 | Poor | | 1184 | 20.8 | Small business | | 1289 | 22.7 | Average | | 1210 | 20.4 | Homemakers & others (student, Unemployed) | | 919 | 16.2 | Rich | | 1108 | 19.1 | | | Richest | | 1171 | 20.2 |
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