Table 3.
Differences in socioeconomic and obstetric characteristics among mothers with preterm and normal-term delivery (n = 200).
| Category | Subcategory | Normal delivery | Preterm delivery | (X2), ∗p |
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| Socioeconomic variables, n (%) | ||||
| Age | 11–20 | 22 (44.0) | 28 (56.0) | 3.84, 0.281 |
| 21–30 | 58 (52.3) | 53 (47.7) | ||
| 31–40 | 10 (34.5) | 19 (65.5) | ||
| 41–50 | 6 (60.0) | 4 (40.0) | ||
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| Occupational status | Unemployed | 11 (35.5) | 20 (64.5) | 2.30, 0.129 |
| Employed | 85 (50.3) | 84 (49.7) | ||
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| Marital status | No | 37 (51.4) | 35 (48.6) | 0.39, 0.556 |
| Yes | 59 (46.1) | 69 (53.9) | ||
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| Formal education | No | 13 (52.0) | 12 (48.0) | 0.18, 0.669 |
| Yes | 83 (47.4) | 92 (52.6) | ||
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| Clinical and obstetric outcomes, n (%) | ||||
| Intervention for anaemia | Medical | 20 (42.6) | 27 (57.4) | 0.73, 0.393 |
| Dietary | 76 (49.7) | 77 (50.3) | ||
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| Number of antenatal visits | 1–3 | 9 (32.1) | 19 (67.98) | 4.32, 0.115 |
| 4–6 | 72 (49.0) | 75 (51.0) | ||
| 7–9 | 15 (60.0) | 10 (40.0) | ||
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| Neonate mortality | No | 95 (51.6) | 89 (48.4) | 12.16, <0.001 |
| Yes | 1 (6.3) | 15 (93.8) | ||
n (%): number and proportions. ∗Analyzed using Pearson's chi-square test or Fisher's exact test. χ2 = Pearson's chi-square value. p significant at <0.05 (2-tailed). For formal education, yes: primary, JHS, SHS, vocational/technical, and tertiary, while no: none. For occupational status, employed: artisans, traders, farmers, civil servants, and others (hairdressers and seamstresses), while unemployed: housewife. For marital status, yes: married, while no: single, divorced, separated, and widow.The significance of the bold values is that the association is significant.