Birth outcomes in a Swedish population of women reporting a history of violence including domestic violence during pregnancy: a longitudinal cohort study

Table 1 Socio-demographic factors at recruitment in early second trimester (N = 1694)

Characteristics	Total	History of violence ¹		P
Total n (%)	Total	No	Yes
Total n (%)	n (%) 1687 (100)	n (%) 1031 (61.1)	n (%) 656 (38.9)
Age, years				0.426
18–25	293 (17.6)	178 (17.4)	115 (17.9)
26–34	1067 (64.1)	666 (65.2)	401 (62.4)
≥ 35	305 (18.3)	178 (17.4)	127 (19.8)
Missing = 29
Cohabiting status				0.001
Single/Living apart	84 (5.1)	30 (3.0)	54 (8.5)
Common law spouse/married	1554 (94.9)	969 (97.0)	585 (91.5)
Missing = 56
Language				0.229
Swedish	1271 (75.5)	766 (74.5)	505 (77.1)
Foreign language	412 (24.5)	262 (25.5)	150 (22.9)
Missing = 11
Educational status				0.107
Low educational status	555 (32.9)	324 (31.4)	231 (35.2)
High educational status	1132 (67.1)	707 (68.6)	425 (64.8)
Missing = 7
Employment status				0.001
Employed Unemployed	1595 (94.6) 91 (5.4)	994 (96.5) 36 (3.5)	601 (91.6) 55 (8.4)
Missing = 8
Financial distress				0.001
No	886 (52.6)	584 (56.7)	302 (41.6)
Yes	799 (47.4)	446 (43.3)	353 (53.9)
Missing = 9

Pre-specified level of statistical significance < 0.05, two-tailed
¹Reported experience of emotional, physical or sexual abuse during pregnancy irrespective severity

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