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Table 2 The socio-demographics of PRAMS participants according to counselling received (smoking, alcohol, weight gain, breastfeeding)

From: Preventive health counselling during antenatal care using the pregnancy risk assessment monitoring system (PRAMS) in Ireland

 

Maternal age

Marital status

Education

Ethnicity

Parity

Insurance

Pregnancy intention

Total PRAMS

n = 718

≤29 (n = 167)

30–34 (n = 286)

35–39 (n = 224)

≥40 (n = 40)

Single/Separated (n = 57)

Married/Cohabiting (n = 660)

Primary/Secondary (n = 126)

Third level (n = 587)

Irish (n = 571)

Non-Irish (n = 137)

0 (n = 287)

1+ (n = 431)

Private (n = 478)

Public (n = 237)

Yes (n = 580)

No (n = 138)

Counselling received

Smoking

n = 333

110 (65.9)

123 (43.0)

88 (39.3)

12 (30.0)

33 (57.9)

300 (45.5)

77 (61.1)

253 (43.1)

259 (45.4)

72 (52.6)

152 (53.0)

181 (42.0)

193 (40.4)

139 (58.6)

260 (44.8)

73 (52.9)

Alcohol

n = 338

100 (59.9)

130 (45.5)

96 (42.9)

12 (30.0)

34 (59.6)

304 (46.1)

72 (57.1)

263 (44.8)

262 (45.9)

70 (51.1)

156 (54.4)

182 (42.2)

197 (41.2)

139 (58.6)

276 (47.6)

62 (44.9)

Weight gain

n = 219

55 (32.9)

83 (29.0)

69 (30.8)

12 (30.0)

25 (43.9)

194 (29.4)

36 (28.6)

182 (31.0)

177 (31.0)

39 (28.5)

101 (35.2)

118 (27.4)

143 (29.9)

75 (31.6)

177 (30.5)

42 (30.4)

Breast feeding

n = 592

142 (85.0)

240 (83.9)

179 (79.9)

30 (75.0)

47 (82.5)

545 (82.6)

101 (80.2)

488 (83.1)

488 (85.5)

97 (70.8)

239 (83.3)

353 (81.9)

396 (82.8)

194 (81.9)

477 (82.2)

115 (83.3)

  1. Note: Percentages are given as a percentage of each sub-type within each demographic