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Table 1 Response distribution to variables related to obstetric history

From: Psychosocial predictors of antenatal stress in Pakistan: perspectives from a developing country

Variable

Subcategory

Frequency

Percentage (%)

Mean (SD)

χ2 statistic

P-value

Trimester

1st

123

23.8

 

51.78

< .001

2nd

248

48.1

   

3rd

145

28.1

   

Pregnancy

Planned

303

58.7

 

15.70

< .001

Unplanned

213

41.3

   

Complication during past deliveries in hospital

Yes

57

11.1

 

313.19

< .001

No

459

88.9

   

Complication during past deliveries by midwives

Yes

133

25.8

 

121.12

< .001

No

383

74.2

   

Any chronic illness

Yes

111

21.5

 

167.51

< .001

No

405

78.5

   

Number of live births

   

2.32 (2.1)

  

Number of still births

   

.295 (.84)

  

Terminated pregnancies

   

.122 (.41)

  

Number of sons

   

1.06 (1.21)

  

Number of daughters

   

1.24 (1.38)

  

Age of the eldest child

   

6.24 (5.51)

  

Children delivered in hospitals

   

1.31 (1.37)

  

Children delivered by midwives

   

1.38 (2.09)

  
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