Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of the sample.
| Demographic factors | No. | % |
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| Mother's age (years) | ||
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| ≤ 20 | 80 | 7.7 |
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| 21–30 | 455 | 44.0 |
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| 31–40 | 359 | 34.7 |
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| 41–50 | 138 | 13.6 |
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| Mother's education (yrs) | ||
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| Non | 28 | 2.7 |
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| 1–6 | 318 | 30.8 |
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| 7–12 | 392 | 38.0 |
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| 13–16 | 241 | 23.4 |
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| >16 | 53 | 5.1 |
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| Marital status | ||
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| Married | 935 | 90.6 |
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| Divorced | 38 | 3.7 |
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| Widowed | 59 | 5.7 |
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| Family type | ||
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| Nuclear | 508 | 49.2 |
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| Extended | 524 | 50.8 |
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| No. of children | ||
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| 1–2 | 506 | 49.0 |
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| 3–4 | 355 | 34.4 |
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| >4 | 171 | 16.6 |
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| Hx. of previous accidents | ||
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| Yes | 262 | 25.4 |
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| No | 770 | 74.6 |
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| Total | 1032 | 100 |
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