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Table 1 Sociodemographic and obstetric characteristics of postpartum women (n = 517)

From: Giving women WOICE postpartum: prevalence of maternal morbidity in high-risk pregnancies using the WHO-WOICE instrument

 

Characteristic

PPC

%

 

N = 517

 

Mean (SD)

28.3 (±7.0)

 

Maternal age

< 20

66

12.7

20–34

338

65.4

> 34

113

21.9

Marital Statusa

No partner

126

24.4

Has partner

390

75.6

Educationb

Primary or less

97

18.8

Secondary

343

66.5

Higher

76

14.7

Literacyc

Cannot read

4

0.8

Can read parts of sentence

8

1.5

Can read whole sentence

504

97.7

Employed

No

206

39.8

Yes

311

60.2

Travel time to facility, minutesd

< 15

64

12.4

15–30

167

32.4

30–60

190

36.8

> 60

95

18.4

Parity e

1

234

45.8

2 to 4

261

51.1

> 5

16

3.1

  1. Missing information - a: (1), b: (1), c:(1), d: (1), e: (6)