Table 1 Biological, demographic and socioeconomic variables by pregnancy related complications
From: Risk factors for pregnancy related complications among urban slum and non-slum women in Bangladesh
Covariates | Complications during pregnancy/ delivery or after delivery | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Yes-N(%)r | No-N(%)r | ||
Mothers’ age at birth | |||
< 18 | 180 (26.6) | 496 (73.4) | 0.001 |
18–35 | 1078 (20.7) | 4131 (79.3) | |
> 35 | 60 (23.8) | 192 (76.2) | |
Children ever born | |||
1 | 593 (23.8) | 1901 (76.2) | 0.001 |
2–3 | 591 (20.0) | 2361 (80.0) | |
> 3 | 134 (19.4) | 557 (80.6) | |
Multiple last birth | |||
Yes | 18 (31.6) | 39 (68.4) | 0.062 |
No | 1300 (21.4) | 4780 (78.6) | |
Wanted pregnancy | |||
Yes | 1031 (20.5) | 4001 (79.5) | < 0.001 |
No | 287 (26.0) | 818 (74.0) | |
At least 4 ANC visits | |||
Yes | 583 (24.0) | 1849 (76.0) | < 0.001 |
No | 735 (19.8) | 2970 (80.2) | |
Place of delivery | |||
Home | 558 (17.6) | 2614 (82.4) | < 0.001 |
Health facility | 760 (25.6) | 2205 (74.4) | |
Delivery by MTP | |||
Yes | 738 (25.5) | 2151 (74.5) | < 0.001 |
No | 580 (17.9) | 2668 (82.1) | |
Sex of last child | |||
Boy | 710 (22.9) | 2393 (77.1) | 0.007 |
Girl | 608 (20.0) | 2426 (80.0) | |
Region | |||
Dhaka | 894 (22.7) | 3041 (77.3) | < 0.001 |
Chittagong | 230 (16.9) | 1134 (83.1) | |
Others | 194 (23.2) | 644 (76.8) | |
Place of residence | |||
Slum | 888 (21.9) | 3174 (78.1) | 0.304 |
Non-Slum | 430 (20.7) | 1645 (79.3) | |
Migration | |||
Migrant | 900 (22.0) | 3189 (78.0) | 0.150 |
Non-migrant | 418 (20.4) | 1630 (79.6) | |
Education level | |||
No education | 230 (20.4) | 899 (79.6) | 0.227 |
Primary | 429 (20.8) | 1638 (79.2) | |
Secondary/Higher | 659 (22.4) | 2282 (77.6) | |
Access to media | |||
Yes | 1160 (21.4) | 4256 (78.6) | 0.761 |
No | 158 (21.9) | 563 (78.1) | |
NGO membership | |||
Yes | 171 (24.7) | 520 (75.3) | 0.026 |
No | 1147 (21.1) | 4299 (78.9) | |
Economic status | |||
Poor | 758 (21.5) | 2763 (78.5) | 0.278 |
Middle | 392 (20.6) | 1509 (79.4) | |
Rich | 168 (23.5) | 547 (76.5) | |