Proportion of unplanned pregnancies, their determinants and health outcomes of women delivering at a teaching hospital in Sri Lanka

Table 1 Distribution of socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants

Characteristics	Mean (SD)	Range	Spearman rank correlation test	Spearman rank correlation coefficient
*Age at marriage (in years)***	23 (4.5)	14–39	< 0.001 ^c	0.222 ^d
Maternal age at conception(in years)	28.5 (5.78)	15–48	0.331 ^c	−0.44 ^d
*Monthly income (LKR**)^	45,000	8000–150,000	0.001 ^c	0.154 ^d
Characteristics	N (%)	LMUP score ^a	p value
Ethnicity
Sinhalese	448 (90.6)	11 (7–12)	0.107 ^b
Non Sinhalese^e	46 (41.3)	10 (3–12)
Religion
Buddhist	356 (72.1)	11 (7–12)	0.287 ^b
Other Religions^f	138 (27.9)	11 (5.7–12)
Marital status
Not married	8 (1.6)	2 (1.8–5)	^* 0.001 ^b
Married	486 (98.4)	11 (7–12)
Educational level of women
Educated up to passing ordinary level	172 (34.8)	10 (2.2–11)	< 0.001 ^b
Educated up to Grade 12 and above	322 (65.1)	11 (10–12)
Educational level of spouse
Educated up to passing ordinary level	292 (59.1)	10 (4–12)	< 0.001 ^b
Educated up to Grade 12 and above	202 (40.8)	11 (10–12)
Employment status of women
Unemployed	364 (73.6)	11 (6–12)	0.664 ^b
Employed	130 (26.3)	11 (9–12)

^*1 USD =179.68 LKR in 2016
^aData are presented as median [interquartile range]
^bMann–Whitney U tests
^c P value of Spearman rank correlation test
^d Spearman rank correlation between the written characteristics and the LMUP value
^e Tamil, Muslim, and Burger were amalgamated
^f Catholic, Islam and Hindu were amalgamated

ISSN: 1471-2393