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Table 4 The relationship between participants’ characteristics and the use of internet for pregnancy-related information (N = 403)

From: Pattern of internet use for pregnancy-related information and its predictors among women visiting primary healthcare in Qatar: a cross-sectional study

Variable

Internet use for pregnancy-related info

p-value

Yes, n (%)

No, n (%)

Age (year)

  

< 0.001*

 18–25

48 (64.9)

26 (35.1)

 26–35

246 (86.0)

40 (14.0)

 36 or more

30 (75.0)

10 (25.0)

Nationality

  

0.168

 Arab

184 (83.6)

36 (16.4)

 Non-Arab

140 (78.2)

39 (21.8)

Level of education

  

< 0.001*

 Primary education

17 (60.7)

11 (39.3)

 Secondary education

60 (64.5)

33 (35.5)

 Tertiary education

249 (88.6)

32 (11.4)

Occupation

  

0.003*

 Housewife

189 (78.1)

53 (21.9)

 Working

130 (88.4)

17 (11.6)

 Student

8 (57.1)

6 (42.9)

Gravida

  

0.734

 Primigravida

88 (82.2)

19 (17.8)

 Multigravida

239 (80.7)

57 (19.3)

Number of living children

  

0.024*

    No children

100 (82.6)

21 (17.4)

 1–2 children

175 (84.1)

33 (15.9)

 3 children or more

51 (69.9)

22 (30.1)

Trimester

  

0.009*

 First

18 (72.0)

7 (28.0)

 Second

171 (77.4)

50 (22.6)

 Third

135(88.8)

17 (11.2)

Gender of the fetus

  

0.074

 Male

121 (87.1)

18 (12.9)

 Female

83 (79.8)

21 (20.2)

 Prefer not to say/I don’t know

123 (76.9)

37 (23.1)

Presence of health problems during the current pregnancy

  

0.039*

 No

76 (74.5)

26 (25.5)

 One health problem

103 (79.2)

27 (20.8)

 Two or more health problems

148 (86.5)

23 (13.5)

  1. * Statistically significant (p < 0.05)