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Table 3 Planning and preparation for pregnancy among of adolescent and other pregnancies among primigravida women

From: The hidden burden of adolescent pregnancies in rural Sri Lanka; findings of the Rajarata Pregnancy Cohort

 

Adolescent pregnancies

Non-adolescent pregnancies

Significance

n

%

n

%

Contraceptive use (N = 1037)

 Yes

109

46.8

251

31.2

Chi-Square

19.301

 No

124

53.2

553

68.8

p

 < 0.001

Planned pregnancy (N = 1030)

 Yes

121

52.4

646

84.2

Chi-Square

76.388

 No

110

47.6

153

19.1

p

 < 0.001

Attending pre-pregnancy sessions

 Yes, with husband

33

14.2

162

20.0

Chi-Square

74.137

 Yes, alone

6

2.6

67

8.3

p

 < 0.001

 No

27

11.6

171

21.2

  

 Not aware

47

20.2

222

27.5

  

 No answer

110

49.3

153

23.0

  

Screened for anemia in pre-pregnancy sessions (N 179)a

 Yes

14

46.7

62

41.6

Chi-Square

4.190

 No

16

53.3

87

58.4

p

0.123

Cardiovascular examination in pre-pregnancy sessions (176)a

 Yes

6

20.0

37

25.3

Chi-Square

4.017

 No

24

80.0

110

74.7

p

0.134

Pre-conceptional folic acid use

 Yes

79

33.9

532

65.8

Chi-Square

85.616

 No

41

17.6

109

13.5

p

 < 0.001

 Not answered

113

48.5

167

20.7

  

Folic acid use after conception

 Yes, frequently

62

26.6

453

56.1

Chi-Square

79.281

 Yes, infrequently

10

4.3

56

6.9

p

 < 0.001

 No

5

2.1

20

2.5

  

 Not answered

156

67.0

279

34.5

  
  1. N was given when there are missing values or when the missing data are not included in the table
  2. aOnly among those who participated in pre-pregnancy sessions