Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics among participants (n = 334)
Variables | n % |
|---|---|
Age (Years) | |
18–25 | 132 (39.5) |
26–35 | 161 (48.5) |
≥ 36 | 41 (12.3) |
Work status | |
House keeper | 319 (95.5) |
Employed | 15 (4.5) |
Infertility | 12 (3.6) |
Prenatal class | 67 (20.1) |
Education | |
Elementary and lower | 58 (17.4) |
Intermediate | 79 (23.7) |
High school | 146 (43.7) |
University | 51 (15.3) |
Husband’s age (Years) | |
18–25 | 38 (11.4) |
26–35 | 196 (58.7) |
≥ 36 | 100 (29.9) |
Child birth (Public) | 298 (89.2) |
Economic status | |
Low | 24 (7.2) |
Moderate | 256 (76.6) |
High | 54 (16.2) |
Marriage duration (Years) | |
≤ 10 | 278 (83.2) |
≥ 11 | 56 (16.8) |
Marital satisfaction | 214 (64.1) |
Planed pregnancy | 221 (66.2) |
Husband’s education | |
Elementary and lower | 65 (19.5) |
Intermediate | 72 (21.6) |
High school | 132 (39.5) |
University | 65 (19.5) |
Husband’s Job | |
Unemployed | 12 (3.6) |
Employed | 20 (6.0) |
Self-employed | 117 (35.0) |
Manual worker | 185 (55.4) |
Source of support | |
Husband | 27 (8.1) |
Mother or father | 163 (48.8) |
Relative | 144 (43.1) |
Place of prenatal care | |
Health center | 173 (51.8) |
Hospital | 21 (6.3) |
Private office (Obstetrician) | 116 (34.7) |
Private office (Midwife) | 24 (7.2) |
Gravid | |
One | 141 (42.2) |
Two | 113 (33.8) |
Three | 55 (16.5) |
≥ 4 | 25 (7.5) |
Abortion history | |
No abortion | 259 (77.5) |
One | 60 (18.0) |
≥ 2 | 15 (4.5) |