Table 2.
Relationship between reasons for scan considering fetal viability versus other reasons and variables
| Variable |
Fetal viability (% within the category) |
p value* |
| Age (years) | ||
| <30 | 75.3 | 0.003* |
| 30–34 | 63.5 | |
| 35+ | 42.9 | |
| Religion | ||
| Christianity | 61.8 | 0.091 |
| Islam | 75.8 | |
| Occupation | ||
| Artisans | 81.1 | <0.001* |
| Civil servants | 54.3 | |
| Professionals | 42.9 | |
| Other | 65.7 | |
| Education | ||
| Secondary or less | 75.0 | 0.033* |
| Tertiary | 59.6 | |
| Ethnic group | ||
| Yoruba | 63.3 | 0.157 |
| Others | 78.3 | |
| Gravidity | ||
| 1 | 70.3 | 0.794 |
| 2 | 61.8 | |
| 3 | 61.8 | |
| 4+ | 60.4 | |
| Sex of previous babies | ||
| All males | 64.2 | 0.086 |
| All females | 50.0 | |
| Mixed | 64.9 | |
| Nulliparous | 81.8 | |
| Gestational age (Trimester) | ||
| First | 82.4 | 0.475 |
| Second | 66.7 | |
| Third | 68.6 |
* statistically significant at P < 0.05