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Table 1 Characteristics of undocumented women seeking care at NGO clinics 2009–2020 by region of origin

From: Use of non-governmental maternity services and pregnancy outcomes among undocumented women: a cohort study from Norway

 

Africa and Middle East regions

 

Other regions

 

n = 222

%

n = 278

%

Maternal age i

 Median (years)

28.9 (IQR 25.6–33.1)

 

28.2 (IQR 23.3–33.1)

 

 Missing information

0

0

3

1.1

Education

 No school

15

6.7

2

0.7

 Primary school

37

16.7

23

8.3

 High school

35

15.8

40

14.4

 Higher education

20

9.0

28

10.1

 Missing information

115

51.8

185

66.5

Marital status

 Married/ Cohabitant

79

35.6

89

32.0

 Unmarried/single/divorced

47

21.2

17

6.1

 Missing information

96

43.2

172

61.9

Parity i

 0

114

51.3

87

31.3

 1–2

61

27.5

116

41.7

 3 or more

19

8.6

30

10.8

 Missing information

28

12.6

45

16.2

Pregnancies per woman during study period ii

 1

186

83.8

252

90.6

 2 or more

36

16.2

26

9.4

Self-reported residence status i

 Asylum seeker / rejected

115

51.8

22

7.9

 Not registered in Norway

36

16.2

110

39.6

 Work migrant

0

0

20

7.2

 Family reunification

14

6.3

15

5.4

 Other

23

10.4

33

11.9

 Missing information

34

15.3

78

28.0

Need of a translator

 Yes

120

54.1

156

56.1

 No

58

26.1

43

15.5

 Missing information

44

19.8

79

28.4

Comorbidities diagnosed

 Pre- gestational diabetes

2

0.9

2

0.7

 Mental illness

9

4.1

5

1.8

 Other iii

6

2.7

11

3.9

Smoking at gestational start

 No

109

49.1

97

34.9

 Sometimes/ daily

3

1.4

29

10.4

 Missing information

110

49.5

152

54.7

Pre gestational Body Mass Index i, iv

 Median

23.5 (IQR 21.7–27.0)

 

22.3 (IQR 20.5–25.6)

 

 Missing information

88

47.6

76

42.9

Years in Norway when seeking care i

   

 Median

2.0 (IQR 0.6–3.7)

 

0.5 (IQR 0.2–1.5)

 

 Missing information

33

14.9

76

27.3

Gestational age at first antenatal visit i, iv

 Median (weeks)

9 (IQR 6–19)

 

17 (IQR 10–26)

 

 Missing information

6

2.7

6

2.2

  1. iAt first pregnancy registered at NGO clinics
  2. iiOnly pregnancies registered at NGO clinics
  3. iiiAsthma/allergy and epilepsy
  4. ivInduced abortions excluded, n = 362/500