Table 1 Sociodemographic, community-level and pregnancy-related characteristics for pregnant women (445) admitted to Hospital Dr Ayres de Menezes, Sao Tome & Principe (2016–2018)
Variables | Category | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
Age | 14–19 | 92 | 20.7 |
20–34 | 278 | 62.5 | |
35 + | 75 | 16.9 | |
Education | none | 14 | 3.1 |
primary | 250 | 56.2 | |
secondary | 148 | 33.3 | |
higher | 33 | 7.4 | |
Employment | not working | 307 | 69.5 |
working | 135 | 30.5 | |
Marital status | union/married | 370 | 84.9 |
single | 66 | 15.1 | |
Father education | none | 10 | 3.3 |
primary | 146 | 47.9 | |
secondary | 114 | 37.4 | |
higher | 35 | 11.5 | |
Residence | urban | 202 | 46.2 |
rural | 235 | 53.8 | |
Household sanitation | open defecation | 202 | 45.8 |
sanitation | 239 | 54.2 | |
Parity | 0 | 136 | 30.6 |
1–4 | 271 | 60.9 | |
5 + | 38 | 8.5 | |
Pregnancy planning | unplanned | 252 | 68.9 |
planned | 114 | 31.1 | |
Contraceptive previous use | yes | 90 | 24.5 |
no | 278 | 75.5 |