Table 1 Sochiodemographic and pregnancy characteristics.
From: Food insecurity and its associated factors among pregnant women in Southwest Iran
Variables | Pregnant women (n = 702) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Minimum | maximum | |
Women age (y)* | 26.07 | 6.36 | 15 | 44 |
Husband age (y)* | 30.25 | 7.02 | – | – |
Gestational age based on ultrasound NT (weeks)* | 32.72 | 8.51 | 3w,5d | 42w,1d |
Before pregnancy BMIϭ | 25.75 | 4.35 | – | – |
N | (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Woman’s job** | ||||
Housewife | 660 | 94 | ||
Employed | 42 | 6 | ||
Husband’s job** | ||||
Unemployed | 56 | 8 | ||
Manual Worker | 169 | 24.1 | ||
Employed | 103 | 14.7 | ||
Manager or specialist | 1 | 0.1 | ||
Freelance job | 373 | 53.1 | ||
Woman’s education** | ||||
Illiterate | 40 | 5.7 | ||
Elementary | 176 | 25.1 | ||
Middle school | 234 | 33.3 | ||
High school | 114 | 16.2 | ||
Diploma | 100 | 14.2 | ||
College education | 38 | 5.4 | ||
Husband’s education** | ||||
Illiterate | 37 | 5.3 | ||
Elementary | 113 | 16.1 | ||
Middle school | 221 | 31.5 | ||
High school | 119 | 17 | ||
Diploma | 152 | 21.7 | ||
College education | 60 | 8.5 | ||
Economic status** | ||||
Weak | 128 | 18.2 | ||
Medium | 430 | 61.3 | ||
Good | 144 | 20.5 | ||
Gravid** | ||||
1–2 | 378 | 53.8 | ||
3–4 | 255 | 36.3 | ||
≥ 5 | 69 | 9.8 | ||
Para** | ||||
0–1 | 437 | 62.3 | ||
2–3 | 233 | 33.2 | ||
≥ 4 | 32 | 4.6 | ||
Live child** | ||||
0–1 | 453 | 64.5 | ||
2–3 | 223 | 31.8 | ||
≥ 4 | 26 | 3.7 | ||
Dead child** | ||||
0–1 | 696 | 99.1 | ||
2–3 | 6 | 0.9 | ||
Abortion** | ||||
0–1 | 661 | 94.2 | ||
2–3 | 38 | 5.4 | ||
≥ 4 | 3 | 0.4 | ||
Desired pregnancy** | ||||
Yes | 569 | 81.1 | ||
No | 133 | 18.9 | ||
Contraceptive type** | ||||
Without | 232 | 33 | ||
Withdrawal | 258 | 36.8 | ||
Oral contraceptive pill | 110 | 15.7 | ||
Barrier | 96 | 13.7 | ||
Intrauterine device | 6 | 0.9 | ||
Family type** | ||||
Extended | 133 | 18.9 | ||
Nuclear | 569 | 81.1 | ||
Ethnicity ** | ||||
Arab | 597 | 85 | ||
Lor | 54 | 7.7 | ||
Persian | 50 | 7.1 | ||
Turk | 1 | 0.1 | ||
