Table 1 Sociodemographic, relationship, sexual characteristics and clinical signs among 499 pregnant women attending ANCs in Mwanza-rural Tanzania
Characteristics | Frequency/Median (IQR) | Percentages (%) |
|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 25 [IQR: 22–25] |  |
Gestation age (weeks) | 25[IQR:20–32] |  |
Age of 1st sexual intercourse | 17[IQR16–18] |  |
Parity | 1[IQR 0–3] |  |
Number of sex partners | 2[IQR1–4] |  |
Condom use | ||
 Yes | 111 | 22.2 |
 No | 388 | 77.8 |
Education level | ||
 Never attended | 89 | 17.84 |
 Primary | 319 | 63.93 |
 Secondary | 91 | 18.24 |
Occupation | ||
 Peasant | 227 | 55.51 |
 House wife | 79 | 12.83 |
 Business/employed | 143 | 28.66 |
Parity | ||
 Primigravida | 130 | 26.05 |
 Multipara | 262 | 52.51 |
 Grandmultipara | 107 | 21.44 |
Gestation age | ||
 First trimmest | 20 | 4.00 |
 Second trimester | 257 | 51.50 |
 Third trimester | 222 | 44.49 |
Marital status | ||
 Married | 464 | 92.99 |
 Not married | 35 | 7.01 |
Partner has other women outside relationship | ||
 Yes | 109 | 21.84 |
 No | 390 | 78.16 |
More than two Sexual partners | ||
 Yes | 266 | 53.31 |
 No | 233 | 46.69 |
Syphilis status | ||
 Negative | 479 | 95.99. |
 Positive | 20 | 4.01 |
H/Vagina discharge | ||
 Yes | 92 | 18.44 |
 No | 407 | 81.56 |
H/Dysuria | ||
 Yes | 174 | 34.87 |
 No | 325 | 65.13 |
H/Dyspareunia | ||
 Yes | 109 | 21.84 |
 No | 390 | 78.16 |
H/Lower abdominal Pain | ||
 Yes | 249 | 49.90 |
 No | 250 | 50.10 |
H/Genital ulcer | ||
 Yes | 28 | 5.61 |
 No | 471 | 94.39 |