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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of women completing LMUP

From: Evaluation of the Hindi version of the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy among pregnant and postnatal women in urban India

 

Pregnant

1st postnatal year

2nd postnatal year

Total

 

n

Percent

n

Percent

n

Percent

n

Percent

Women respondents

1180

(23)

2126

(43)

1685

(34)

4991

(100)

Household characteristics

Home ownership

  Own home

563

(48)

1082

(51)

906

(54)

2551

(51)

  Rented home

617

(52)

1044

(49)

779

(46)

2440

(49)

Housing construction

  Temporary (kaccha)

318

(27)

579

(27)

425

(25)

1322

(26)

  Robust (pucca)

862

(73)

1547

(73)

1260

(75)

3669

(74)

Electric supply

  Has electricity

1180

(100)

2125

(100)

1685

(100)

4990

(100)

Drinking water source

  Public tapstand

921

(78)

1675

(79)

1278

(76)

3874

(78)

  Tap at home

259

(22)

451

(21)

407

(24)

1117

(22)

Toilet facility

  Public or shared

979

(83)

1785

(84)

1381

(82)

4145

(83)

  Private

201

(17)

341

(16)

304

(18)

846

(17)

Socio-economic status

  Poorest tertile 1

394

(34)

755

(36)

598

(35)

1747

(35)

  Tertile 2

405

(34)

663

(31)

567

(34)

1635

(33)

  Least poor tertile 3

381

(32)

708

(33)

520

(31)

1609

(32)

Women

Age in years

  16–19

62

(5)

45

(2)

27

(2)

134

(3)

  20–24

632

(54)

1014

(48)

739

(44)

2385

(48)

  25–29

347

(29)

754

(35)

597

(35)

1698

(34)

  30+

139

(12)

313

(15)

322

(19)

774

(15)

Education

  No formal schooling

328

(28)

547

(26)

463

(27)

1338

(27)

  Primary

55

(5)

101

(5)

79

(5)

235

(5)

  Secondary

674

(57)

1274

(60)

989

(59)

2937

(59)

  Higher

123

(10)

203

(9)

153

(9)

479

(9)

  Missing

-

-

1

(< 1)

1

(< 1)

2

(< 1)

Parity

  None

335

(29)

-

-

-

-

335

(7)

  1–3 children

699

(59)

1585

(75)

1254

(74)

3538

(71)

  4 or more children

146

(12)

541

(25)

431

(26)

1118

(22)

Occupation

  Not working

1137

(96)

2049

(96)

1601

(95)

4787

(96)

  Working

43

(4)

77

(4)

84

(5)

204

(4)

Religion

  Muslim

1003

(85)

1803

(85)

1394

(83)

4200

(84)

  Hindu

175

(15)

318

(15)

285

(17)

778

(16)

  Other

2

(< 1)

5

(< 1)

6

(< 1)

13

(< 1)

Marital Status

  Married or cohabitating

1176

(100)

2100

(99)

1644

(98)

4920

(99)

  Widowed, divorced, or separated

4

(< 1)

26

(1)

41

(2)

71

(1)