Preconception health knowledge, attitudes and behavioural intentions among adults: a multi-country study

Table 3 Relative importance of factors before pregnancy

Overall		Kenya		Malaysia		South Africa		UK		USA
Overall		Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men
Seven groups of factors	n = 5000	n = 520	n = 480	n = 520	n = 480	n = 510	n = 490	n = 527	n = 468	n = 520	n = 480
Relationships and family	25,026	2396	2369	2444	2457	2503	2523	2887	2451	2568	2411
Physical health	27,653	3066	2701	2998	2653	2787	2610	2850	2544	2807	2595
Money	21,259	2021	1906	2416	2042	2165	2093	2201	2039	2200	2154
Mental health	24,460	2805	2429	2590	2290	2448	2232	2486	2222	2626	2309
Climate change	8588	930	810	815	1074	762	754	811	919	776	931
Work and education	14,140	1319	1398	1372	1397	1641	1606	2113	1237	1460	1353
Living conditions	18,874	2023	1827	1925	1527	1974	1902	2178	1692	2123	1676

Values are borda count, with higher scores indicating higher priority (score range: 1–7)

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