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Table 1 Social characteristics of study participants stratified by frequency of stressful events and social health issues during pregnancya

From: Stressful events, social health issues and psychological distress in Aboriginal women having a baby in South Australia: implications for antenatal care

   

Number of social health issues

 
 

Total

None

1-2 issues

3-11 issues

Chi2

n

Col %

n

%

n

%

n

%

p-value

Mother’s age when baby born

 15–19 years

55

16.0

9

16.4

13

23.6

33

60.0

0.09

 20–24 years

140

40.7

22

15.7

41

29.3

77

55.0

 

 25–29 years

91

26.5

10

11.0

24

26.4

57

62.6

 

 30+ years

58

16.9

5

8.6

27

46.6

26

44.8

 

Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

 Aboriginal &/or Torres Strait Islander

319

92.7

45

14.1

93

29.2

181

56.7

0.09

 Non-Aboriginal

25

7.3

1

4.0

12

48.0

12

48.0

 

Place of residence

 Major city

134

39.0

11

8.2

40

29.9

83

61.9

0.09

 Regional

123

35.8

19

15.4

43

35.0

61

49.6

 

 Remote

87

25.3

16

18.4

22

25.3

49

56.3

 

Number of children in family

 One child

145

42.2

23

15.9

42

29.0

80

55.2

0.45

 2-3 children

127

36.9

17

13.4

36

28.3

74

58.3

 

 4–10 children

72

20.9

6

8.3

27

37.5

39

54.2

 

Total number of people (adults & children) in household

 1-2 people

19

5.8

0

0.0

6

31.6

13

68.4

0.44

 3-4 people

141

42.9

21

14.9

37

26.2

83

58.9

 

 4-5 people

59

17.9

10

16.9

19

32.2

30

50.8

 

 5–14 people

110

33.4

13

11.8

37

33.6

60

54.5

 

Highest educational qualification

 Less than year 12

134

39.0

20

14.9

33

24.6

81

60.4

0.011

 Year 12

33

9.6

4

12.1

18

54.5

11

33.3

 

 Certificate/Traineeship

155

45.1

17

11.0

45

29.0

93

60.0

 

 Diploma/Degree

22

6.4

5

22.7

9

40.9

8

36.4

 

Health care concession card

 Yes

296

87.1

36

12.2

85

28.7

175

59.1

0.006

 No

44

12.9

10

22.7

19

43.2

15

34.1

 

Smoked cigarettes in pregnancy

 No

175

51.6

30

17.1

64

36.6

81

46.3

0.001

 Yes

164

48.4

15

9.1

40

24.4

109

66.5

 

Total

344

100.0

46

13.4

105

30.5

193

56.1

 
  1. aDenominators vary due to missing values