Table 1 Pregnancy-personal characteristics of study participants
Variables | Scales | Mean (SD) | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Age | 28.13 (6.17) | ||
Education | Elementary | 35 (12.7) | |
Guidance school | 55 (20) | ||
High school | 96 (34.9) | ||
University | 89 (32.4) | ||
Husband’s education | Illiterate | 9 (3.3) | |
Elementary | 25 (9.1) | ||
Guidance school | 63 (23) | ||
High school | 93 (33.9) | ||
University | 84 (30.7) | ||
Job | Housewife | 234 (85.1) | |
Student | 12 (4.4) | ||
Employee | 29 (10.5) | ||
Husband’s job | Teacher | 5 (1.8) | |
Employee | 34 (12.4) | ||
Military | 10 (3.6) | ||
Freelance job | 226 (82.2) | ||
Birth place | Urban | 195 (70.9) | |
Rural | 80 (29.1) | ||
Housing | Personal | 157 (57.3) | |
Renal | 117 (42.7) | ||
Average monthly income | Million Tomans (Iranian currency) | 9.30 (5.76) | |
Disabled child | Yes | 7 (2.5) | |
No | 268 (97.5) | ||
Family relationship with a disabled child | Yes | 8 (2.9) | |
No | 267 (97.1) | ||
Family relationship with husband | Yes | 40 (14.5) | |
No | 235 (85.5) | ||
Number of pregnancy | 2.34 (1.28) | ||
History of spontaneous abortion | Yes | 81 (29.6) | |
No | 193 (70.4) | ||
Number of abortion | 0.43 (0.83) | ||
Type of pregnancy | Wanted | 220 (80) | |
Unwanted | 55 (20) | ||
Number of living children | 0.88 (0.88) | ||
History of disease | Yes | 26 (9.5) | |
No | 249 (90.5) | ||
History of infertility | Yes | 13 (4.7) | |
No | 262 (95.3) | ||
Duration of infertility | 0.39 (2.04) | ||
Current pregnancy with assisted reproduction methods | Yes | 11 [4] | |
No | 264 (96) |