Table 4.
Sociodemographic and reproductive characteristics of women attending PHCFs according to intervention or control groups.
| Variable | Intervention Group |
Control Group |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean(sd) | Range | Mean(sd) | Range | p | |
| Age | 32.2 (8.8) | 18–49 | 32.1(8.9) | 18–49 | 0.878a |
| Age at menarche (years) | 12.7 (1.8) | 7–19 | 12.7(1.7) | 7–19 | 0.884b |
| Age at first intercourse (years) | 16.7 (2.8) | 6–32 | 17.2(3.1) | 11–31 | 0.068a |
| Age at first pregnancy (years) | 20.8 (4.8) | 13–36 | 21.1(4.9) | 12–39 | 0.577b |
| Number of pregnancies |
2.4 (1.4) |
0–7 |
1.8(1.2) |
0–7 |
0.206b |
|
Variable |
n |
% |
n |
% |
p |
| Skin color | 0.823c | ||||
| White | 65 | 28.1 | 71 | 30.5 | |
| Mixed | 121 | 52.4 | 113 | 48.5 | |
| Black | 37 | 16.0 | 43 | 18.5 | |
| Yellow | 7 | 3.0 | 5 | 2.1 | |
| Indigenous | 1 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.4 | |
| Lives with a partner | 0.021d | ||||
| No | 55 | 23.8 | 78 | 33.5 | |
| Yes | 176 | 76.2 | 155 | 66.5 | |
| Paid job | 0.864d | ||||
| No | 135 | 58.4 | 138 | 59.2 | |
| Yes | 96 | 41.6 | 95 | 40.7 | |
| Private health insurance | 0.373d | ||||
| No | 186 | 80.5 | 195 | 83.7 | |
| Yes | 45 | 19.5 | 38 | 16.3 | |
| Education | 0.365d | ||||
| Illiterate | 33 | 14.3 | 30 | 12.8 | |
| Elementary | 50 | 21.6 | 47 | 20.2 | |
| High school | 136 | 58.9 | 134 | 57.5 | |
| Tertiary | 12 | 5.2 | 22 | 9.4 | |
| Socioeconomic status | 0.801c | ||||
| High | 29 | 12.5 | 32 | 13.7 | |
| Middle | 170 | 73.6 | 162 | 69.5 | |
| Low | 32 | 13.8 | 39 | 16.7 | |
| Previous pregnancy | 0.667d | ||||
| No | 22 | 9.5 | 25 | 10.7 | |
| Yes | 209 | 90.5 | 208 | 89.3 | |
| Previous abortion | 0.846d | ||||
| No | 169 | 79.0 | 165 | 78.2 | |
| Yes | 45 | 21.0 | 46 | 21.8 | |
Two Sample.
Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney.
Fisher's Exact.
Pearson's Chi-square.