Table 2.
Characteristics of pregnant women and median knowledge score per infectious disease; N = 1,097
| |
Total |
Toxoplasmosis |
Listeriosis |
CMV |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Determinants | N* (%) | Median knowledge score2 | p-value3 | Median knowledge score2 | p-value3 | Median knowledge score2 | p-value3 |
| Age |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 17-25 year |
148 (13.5) |
4.0 |
0.27 |
1.0 |
.000* |
0.0 |
.40 |
| 26-34 year |
761 (69.4) |
4.0 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
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| 35-42 year |
188 (17.1) |
4.0 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
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| Education1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Low |
116 (10.6) |
3.0 |
.000* |
1.0 |
.000* |
0.0 |
.53 |
| Medium |
356 (32.5) |
4.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
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| High |
624 (56.9) |
4.0 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
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| Other nationality |
34 (3.1) |
3.0 |
.72 |
2.0 |
.24 |
0.0 |
.004* |
| Dutch nationality |
1061 (96.9) |
4.0 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
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| Dutch spoken at home |
1073 (97.9) |
4.0 |
.99 |
2.0 |
.60 |
0.0 |
.05* |
| Other language than Dutch spoken at home |
23 (2.1) |
3.0 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
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| Not living in a deprived area |
1062 (96.8) |
4.0 |
.64 |
2.0 |
.48 |
0.0 |
.09 |
| Living in a deprived area |
25 (3.2) |
3.0 |
1.5 |
0.0 |
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| Planned pregnancy |
931 (85.3) |
4.0 |
.00** |
2.0 |
.005* |
0.0 |
.78 |
| Unplanned pregnancy |
161 (14.7) |
3.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
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| Partner/married |
1084 (98.9) |
4.0 |
.001* |
2.0 |
.008* |
0.0 |
.29 |
| Single |
12 (1.1) |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
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| 1st en 2nd phase of pregnancy |
462 (42.1) |
4.0 |
.19 |
2.0 |
.16 |
0.0 |
.74 |
| 3th phase of pregnancy |
635 (57.9) |
4.0 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
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| Primigravidae |
409 (37.8) |
4.0 |
.95 |
2.0 |
.044* |
0.0 |
.53 |
| Multigravidae |
672 (62.2) |
4.0 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
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| Did take folic acid in 1st trimester |
1039 (95.1) |
4.0 |
.09 |
2.0 |
.22 |
0.0 |
.25 |
| Did not take folic acid in 1st trimester |
53 (4.9) |
3.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
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| Did not smoke during pregnancy |
1026 (94.0) |
4.0 |
.002* |
2.0 |
.000* |
0.0 |
.53 |
| Smoked during pregnancy |
66 (6.0) |
3.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
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| Never worked as a health care professional |
710 (64.8) |
3.0 |
.000* |
1.0 |
.000* |
0.0 |
.000* |
| Ever worked as a health care professional |
386 (35.2) |
4.0 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
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| Never worked as a child day care worker |
959 (87.5) |
4.0 |
.35 | 2.0 |
.71 | 0.0 |
.59 |
| Ever worked as a child day care worker | 137 (12.5) | 3.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | |||
* Denominator varies due to missing values (between 0 and 10 missings per variable).
1 Low level of education: medium- level secondary education or below; medium level of education: higher level secondary education or vocational education; high level of education: diploma level or university education.
2 Maximum possible scores: toxoplasmosis = 6; listeriosis = 3; CMV = 3.
3 Differences in knowledge scores per characteristic (Mann–Whitney U test and Kruskal-Wallis test).