Maternal morbidity in the first year after childbirth in Mombasa Kenya; a needs assessment

Table 1 Demographic and socio-economic characteristics of women accompanying their infant to the child-health clinic at Coast Provincial General Hospital, Mombasa, Kenya

Variable	All women		Early period		Middle period		Late period		P
		n (%)		n (%)		n (%)		n (%)
Demographics
Age mean years (sd) n = 500		25.5 (4.5)		25.7 (4.6)		25.5 (4.7)		25.5 (3.9)	0.82^
Religion	N = 499		N = 130		N = 240		N = 129
Christian		425 (85)		111 (88)		199 (83)		112 (87)
Muslim		71 (14)		15 (12)		40 (17)		16 (12)
Other		3 (1)		1 (1)		1 (0)		1 (1)	0.64
Education level	N = 500		N = 131		N = 240		N = 129
Never attended school		17 (3)		1 (1)		8 (3)		8 (6)
Primary school		249 (50)		65 (50)		122 (51)		62(48)
Secondary school		191 (38)		47 (36)		93 (39)		51 (40)
Tertiary education		43 (9)		18 (14)		17 (7)		8 (6)	0.07
Marital status	N = 500		N = 131		N = 240		129
Never married		58 (12)		13 (10)		29 (12)		16 (12)
Married or cohabitating		431 (86)		117 (89)		203 (85)		111 (86)
Separated, divorced or widowed		11 (2)		1 (1)		8 (3)		2 (2)	0.47
Socio-economic
Source of drinking water	N = 499		N = 131		N = 239		N = 129
Piped water in house		77 (15)		24 (18)		36 (15)		17 (13)
Public tap		398 (80)		104 (79)		190 (80)		104 (81)
Well, borehole or surface water		24 (5)		3 (2)		13 (5)		8 (6)	0.46
Household income ($/month)	N = 500		N = 131		N = 240		N = 129
Does not know		90 (18)		27 (21)		46 (19)		14 (11)
0-41		69 (14)		15 (12)		40 (17)		70 (54)
41-135		241 (48)		64 (49)		107 (45)		28 (22)
>135		100 (20)		25 (19)		47 (20)		17 (13)	0.32
Paternal financial support since childbirth	N = 497	460 (93)	N = 130	123 (95)	N = 238	217 (91)	N = 129	120 (93)	0.47
Alcohol use
	N = 477		N = 128		N = 227		N = 122
Ever drank alcohol		148 (31)		45 (35)		71 (31)		32 (26)	0.31
Hazardous or harmful alcohol use\|		11 (2)		3 (2)		6 (3)		2 (2)	0.84
Drank in pregnancy or breastfeeding		38 (8)		12 (9)		20 (9)		6 (5)	0.35

Exchange rate of 1$ = 74 Kenyan Shillings; sd = standard deviation; chi-square test unless noted; ^One way analysis of variance.
| In the year preceding pregnancy. Early period: 4 weeks to 2 months after childbirth; Mid period: 2 to 6 months after childbirth; Late period: 6 to 12 months after childbirth.

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