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Table 1 Socioeconomic and medical factors according to pregnancy planning and acceptance among women giving birth in France in 2016

From: Pregnancy planning and acceptance and maternal psychological distress during pregnancy: results from the National Perinatal Survey, France, 2016

 

Pregnancy planning/acceptance

 

Total (%)

Planned/ welcomed

Planned / unwelcomed

Unplanned/ welcomed

Unplanned/unwelcomed

p-value

  

7685 (72.8)

519 (4.9)

1113 (10.5)

1245 (11.8)

 

Mother age (in years)

     

< 0.001

 18–19

154 (1.5)

0.9

1.4

2.1

4.4

 

 20–24

1260 (11.9)

10.2

8.8

15.5

20.6

 

 25–29

3435 (32.5)

33.0

36.4

29.2

30.9

 

 30–34

3604 (34.1)

35.9

35.5

29.1

27.2

 

 35–39

1741 (16.5)

16.7

16.2

18.2

13.6

 

  ≥ 40

368 (3.5)

3.3

1.7

5.9

3.3

 

Parity

     

< 0.001

 0

4297 (40.7)

42.0

38.5

42.4

32.0

 

 1

3881 (36.8)

39.4

39.1

29.5

25.9

 

 2

1576 (14.9)

13.3

16.8

15.6

23.5

 

  ≥ 3

804 (7.6)

5.3

5.6

12.5

18.6

 

Living with a partner

     

< 0.001

 Yes

9636 (91.4)

94.8

93.6

83.8

76.0

 

 No

907 (8.6)

5.2

6.4

16.2

24.0

 

Country of birth

     

< 0.001

 France

8560 (81.1)

82.2

83.1

79.8

74.2

 

 Other European country

413 (3.9)

3.9

4.2

5.3

2.9

 

 North African

764 (7.2)

7.1

4.2

6.7

9.5

 

 Other African country

493 (4.7)

3.7

4.6

5.2

10.0

 

 Other country

331 (3.1)

3.1

3.9

3.0

3.4

 

Level of education

     

< 0.001

  < high school

2456 (23.4)

20.2

21.4

31.0

37.5

 

 High school or technical degree

2293 (21.9)

20.6

22.8

23.5

28.1

 

 1–2 years > high school

2003 (19.1)

19.8

20.9

17.6

15.8

 

 3 years > high school

1893 (18.1)

19.8

17.2

14.6

10.9

 

 5 years + > high school

1831 (17.5)

19.7

17.7

13.3

7.7

 

Health coverage at beginning of pregnancy

     

< 0.001

 National health insurance

8983 (85.2)

88.6

85.7

80.9

67.5

 

 Insurance for low income/ undocumented or none

1565 (14.8)

11.4

14.3

19.1

32.5

 

Monthly household resources

     

< 0.001

  < 1000 euros

1016 (9.8)

7.3

7.1

13.9

22.4

 

 1000–1499 euros

913 (8.8)

7.2

6.9

12.7

15.9

 

 1500–2000 euros

1332 (12.8)

11.9

12.9

15.9

16.0

 

 1999–3000 euros

2917 (28.1)

29.4

32.0

26.8

25.8

 

 2999–4000 euros

2394 (23.1)

25.4

24.1

17.3

13.4

 

 4000 euros or more

1808 (17.4)

19.8

17.0

13.4

6.5

 

History of abortion

     

< 0.001

 0

8638 (83.3)

86.0

80.8

75.0

74.8

 

 1

1334 (12.9)

11.2

15.1

18.2

17.7

 

 2 or more

400 (3.8)

2.8

4.1

6.8

7.5

 

Pre-pregnancy chronic conditionsa

     

< 0.001

 yes

260 (2.5)

2.1

1.7

4.4

3.5

 

 no

10,260 (97.5)

97.9

98.3

95.6

96.5

 
  1. aChronic conditions prior to pregnancy include diabetes, chronic hypertension, HIV, or any other chronic pathologies excluding mental health illness