Table 1.
Demographic profiles of the pregnant women.
| Factors | Sub-factor | Total (%) | Total (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | Philippines | Thailand | |||
| Age group | <20 | 123 (4.7) | 5 (0.66) | 57 (5.36) | 61 (7.83) |
| 20–29 | 1323 (50.9) | 375 (49.60) | 558 (52.49) | 390 (50.06) | |
| 30–39 | 1025 (39.5) | 353 (46.69) | 385 (36.22) | 287 (36.84) | |
| ≥40 | 127 (4.9) | 23 (3.04) | 63 (5.93) | 41 (5.26) | |
| Marital status | Single | 173 (6.7) | 3 (0.40) | 73 (6.87) | 97 (12.45) |
| Married | 2425 (93.3) | 753 (99.60) | 990 (93.13) | 682 (87.55) | |
| Education | ≤Primary | 169 (6.5) | 18 (2.38) | 45 (4.23) | 106 (13.61) |
| Secondary | 1342 (51.7) | 268 (35.45) | 770 (72.44) | 304 (39.02) | |
| ≥Tertiary | 1087 (41.8) | 470 (62.17) | 248 (23.33) | 369 (47.37) | |
| Trimester | 1st | 690 (26.6) | 151 (19.97) | 368 (34.62 | 171 (21.95) |
| 2nd | 990 (38.1) | 235 (31.08) | 388 (36.50) | 367 (47.11) | |
| 3rd | 918 (35.3) | 370 (48.94) | 307 (28.88) | 241 (30.94) | |
| No. of children | None | 952 (36.6) | 319 (42.20) | 294 (27.66) | 339 (43.52) |
| 1 | 768 (29.6) | 245 (32.41) | 234 (22.01) | 289 (37.10) | |
| ≥2 | 878 (33.8) | 192 (25.40) | 535 (50.33) | 151 (19.38) | |
| History of abortion | Yes | 250 (9.6) | 148 (19.58) | 8 (0.75) | 94 (12.07) |
| No | 2348 (90.4) | 608 (80.42) | 1055 (99.25) | 685 (87.93) | |
| Total | 2598 | 756 | 1063 | 779 | |
The bold values indicate the highest number of pregnant women for each category from Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand, respectively.