Table 1 Characteristics of women completing the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy (LMUP) field test and re-test compared to the averages for Mchinji District and Malawi as a whole where available in the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS)
Socio-demographic characteristics | LMUP field test n = 125 | LMUP retest n = 70 | LMUP non-retest n = 55 | Comparison of retest and non-retest groups | Mchinji DHS 2010 datai | Malawi DHS 2010 datai |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | ||||||
Mean (sd) | 24.4 (5.9) | 25.03 (6.1) | 24.4 (6.3) | P = 0.3120 | ||
Median | 23 | 25 | 22 | |||
Range | 15 – 43 | 15 - 41 | 16 - 43 | |||
Age group | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |||
15-19 | 28 (22.4) | 14 (20) | 14 (25.5) | |||
20-24 | 41 (32.8) | 20 (28.6) | 21 (38.2) | |||
25-29 | 28 (22.4) | 19 (27.1) | 9 (16.4) | |||
30-34 | 19 (15.2) | 13 (18.6) | 6 (10.9) | |||
35-39 | 7 (5.6) | 3 (4.3) | 4 (7.3) | |||
≥40 | 2 (1.6) | 1 (1.4) | 1 (1.8) | |||
Children | ||||||
0 | 39 (31.2) | 21 (30) | 18 (32.7) | P = 0.2549 | ||
1 | 35 (28.0) | 16 (22.9) | 19 (24.6) | |||
2 | 23 (18.4) | 15 (21.4) | 8 (14.5) | |||
3 | 10 (8.0) | 5 (7.1) | 5 (9.9) | |||
≥4 | 18 (14.4) | 13 (18.6) | 14 (25.5) | |||
Marital status | ||||||
Married | 101 (80.8) | 54 (77.1) | 47 (85.5) | P = 0.242 | 68% | 81.3% |
Unmarried | 24 (19.2) | 16 (22.9) | 8 (14.5) | 32% | 19.7%ii | |
Education | ||||||
None | 6 (4.8) | 3 (4.3) | 3 (5.5) | P = 0.978 | 18.2% | 15.2% |
Primary | 87 (69.6) | 48 (68.6) | 39 (70.1) | 64% | 64.8% | |
Secondary | 29 (23.2) | 17 (24.3) | 12 (21.8) | 17.8% | 18.1% | |
Tertiary | 3 (2.4) | 2 (2.9) | 1 (1.8) | 0% | 1.8% | |
Partner’s occupation | Missing data for 5 | Missing data for 5 | ||||
Unemployed/Student | 10 (8.3) | 5 (7.1) | 5 (10) | P = 0.076 | 7.9% | 18% |
Agriculture/Casual labour | 53 (44.2) | 37 (52.9) | 16 (32) | 72.4% | 82% | |
Employed/Business man | 57 (47.5) | 28 (40) | 29 (58) | 19.7% |