Table 1 Demographic Characteristics Across the Three-Country Sets
Variable | China (C) Mean (± SD) | Ghana (G) Mean (± SD) | US (U) Mean (± SD) | Significance Anova; Post-hoc pairwise comparisons when Anova significant |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | 29.64 (± 4.2) | 29.79 (± 3.9 SD) | 29.78 (± 4.5) | P = .979 (NS) |
Number of weeks pregnant at enrollment | 36.22 (± 2.8) | 35.99 (± 3.5 SD) | 34.7 (± 3.5) | P = .035 CvG: p = .92 (NS) CvU: p = .04 GvU: p = .10 (NS) |
Number of times pregnant (including current pregnancy) | 2.3 (± 1.2) | 2.3 (± 1.1 SD) | 2.2 (± 1.2 SD) | P = .877 (NS) |
| Â | Percent (N)* | Percent (N)* | Percent (N)* | Kruskal-Wallis test |
Married | 100 (56) | 98.2 (54) | 76.8 (43) | CvG: p = 1.0 (NS) CvU: p < .001 GvU: p = .10 (NS) |
Highest level of education | Â | Â | Â | P < .001 |
- High School graduate or less | 30.3 (17) | 25.9 (14) | 7.2(4) | Â |
- Some College to College Graduate | 58.9 (33) | 74.1 (40) | 42.8 (24) | Â |
- Some Graduate School/Professional School to Completed Graduate Degree | 9.0 (5) | Â | 44.6 (25) | Â |
Works for money | 78.6 (44) | 85.7 (48) | 64.3 (36) | P = .05 |