Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the pregnant women (n = 205)
Characteristic | N (%) |
|---|---|
Age (Year) | |
< 25 | 52 (25.4) |
25–35 | 120 (58.5) |
> 35 | 33 (16.1) |
Mean (SD)a | 29.3 (5.5) |
Education level | |
Secondary | 12 (5.9) |
High school | 18 (8.8) |
Diploma | 61 (29.8) |
University | 114 (55.6) |
Job | |
Housewife | 174 (84.9) |
Employed | 31 (15.1) |
Residence | |
Personal | 90 (43.9) |
Rental | 85 (41.5) |
Otherb | 30 (14.6) |
Sufficiency of income for expenses | |
Completely sufficient | 24(11.7) |
Fairy sufficient | 129 (62.9) |
Insufficient | 52 (25.4) |
Husband’s age (Year) | |
< 30 | 116 (56.6) |
30–35 | 56 (27.3) |
> 35 | 33 (16.1) |
Mean (SD) | 34.2 (5.6) |
Spouse’s education level | |
Secondary | 24 (11.7) |
High school | 27 (13.2) |
Diploma | 55 (26.8) |
University | 99 (48.3) |
Spouse’s job | |
Clerk | 45 (22.0) |
Worker | 40 (19.5) |
Shopkeeper | 27 (13.2) |
Otherc | 93 (4.4) |
Marital life satisfaction | |
Extremely high | 72 (35.1) |
High | 82.0 (40.0) |
Moderate | 44 (21.5) |
Poor | 7 (3.4) |
Number of pregnancies | |
1 | 117 (57.1) |
2 | 71 (34.6) |
≥3 | 17 (8.3) |
Gestational Age (Week) | |
< 14 | 16 (7.8) |
14–28 | 85 (41.5) |
> 28 | 104 (50.7) |
Fetal sex | |
Female | 78 (38.0) |
Male | 86 (42.0) |
Unknown | 41 (20.0) |
Spouse’s support | |
Extremely high | 68 (3.2) |
high | 75 (36.6) |
Moderate | 54 (26.3) |
poor | 8 (3.9) |