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Table 1 Participants’ characteristics

From: “It is good, but I can’t afford it …” potential barriers to adequate prenatal care among Afghan women in Iran: a qualitative study in South Tehran

 

n (%)

Age, mean (SD)

30.4 (6.90)

 

Education

Illiterate

13 (43.3)

Primary school

7 (23.3)

Secondary school

8 (26.7)

High school or higher

2 (6.7)

Legal status

Legal

21 (70)

Illegal

9 (30)

Employment

Employed

7 (23.3)

Unemployed

23 (76.6)

Husband nationality

Iranian

4 (13.3)

Non-Iranian

26 (86.7)

Insurance

Have

4 (13.3)

Do not have

26 (86.7)

Length of stay

Less than 5 years

16 (53.3)

5 years or more

14 (46.7)

Number of children

No child

3 (10

1

7 (23.3)

2–4

18 (60)

5 or more

2 (6.7)

Parity

Primipara

3 (10.0)

2–3

16 (53.3)

≥ 4

11 (36.7)

Total

 

30 (100)