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Table 1 Descriptive characteristic

From: Associated factors of pregnancy spacing among women of reproductive age Group in South of Iran: cross-sectional study

Predictors

levels

N (%)

Education status of mother

Illiterate

7(0.52)

Primary and Middle school

187(13.85)

High school

730(54.07)

University education

426(31.56)

Education status of husband

Illiterate

15(1.12)

Primary and Middle school

271(20.07)

High school

679(50.29)

University education

385(28.52)

Mother drug use

Yes

47(3.5)

No

1303(96.5)

Husband drug use

Yes

208(15.41)

No

1142(84.59)

Number of intercourse (month)

< 2

41(3.04)

2–4

263(19.48)

> 4

1046(77.48)

Income status

Sufficient

733(54.3)

Insufficient

617(45.7)

Mother underlying diseases (BP, Diabetes, kidney disease)

Yes

331(24.52)

No

1019(75.48)

Mode of delivery

vaginal

945(70)

C-section

405(30)

Contraception use

Yes

1025(75.93)

No

325(24.07)

night job of mother

Yes

231(17.11)

No

1119(82.89)

night job of husband

Yes

601(44.52)

No

749(55.48)

 

Mean ± SD

Age of mother at marriage (year)

22.18 ± 4.10

Breast feeding duration of preceding child (month)

25.33 ± 2.23

mother’s BMI

26.53 ± 56.23

Age of firs menstrual (year)

13.03 ± 1.23

Mean number of children

5.10 ± 0.16