Table 1. Background characteristics of the women by the study groups .

Characteristics	categories and numbers n = 210*	categories n = 210*	Continuum n = 210*	Total n = 630†
Age (year)
Under 20	10 (4.8)	13.(6.2)	13 (6.2)	36 (5.8)
20-29	116 (56.1)	124 (59.1)	118 (56.5)	358 (57.1)
30-39	67 (32.4)	61 (29.1)	71 (34.0)	199 (31.8)
40-49	14 (6.8)	12 (5.7)	7.(3.3)	33 (5.3)
Mean (SD)	28.8 (7.17)	28.3 (6.7)	28.1 (6.3)	28.4 (6.7)
Educational level (year)
Intermediate or high-school	65 (32.0)	69 (33.8)	80 (38.6)	214 (34.9)
High-school graduate	102 (50.2)	104 (51.0)	100 (48.3)	306 (49.8)
Academic	36 (17.8)	31 (15.2)	27 (13.0)	94 (15.3)
Employment
Housekeeper	180 (86.5)	187 (89.0)	189 (90.4)	556 (88.7)
Indoor working	6 (2.9)	8 (3.8)	5 (2.4)	19 (3.0)
Outdoor working	22 (10.6)	15 (7.2)	15 (7.2)	52 (8.3)
Marriage age (years) Under 19	94 (45.2)	94 (45.2)	100 (49.0)	285 (46.2)
19-24	83 (39.9)	86 (41.3)	47 (40.7)	252 (40.8)
25 and higher	31 (14.9)	28 (13.5)	21 (10.3)	80 (12.9)
Mean (SD)	20.4 (3.6)	20.5 (3.9)	20.5 (3.4)	20.4 (3.6)
History of abortion
No	163 (78.0)	157 (75.5)	168 (80.0)	488 (77.8)
Yes	46 (22.0)	51 (24.5)	42 (20.0)	139 (22.2)
Current number of live children
0	30 (14.4)	27 (12.9)	23 (11.0)	80 (12.7)
1	102 (48.8)	118 (56.5)	119 (56.7)	339 (54.0)
2	68 (32.5)	57 (27.3)	58 (27.6)	183 (29.1)
3 and more	9 (4.3)	7 (3.3)	10 (4.8)	26 (4.1)
Mean (SD)	1.27 (0.77)	1.22 (0.71)	1.27 (0.74)	1.25 (0.74)
Importance of not getting regnant
Very important	143 (69.8)	158 (76.0)	150 (73.9)	451 (73.2)
Important	41 (19.5)	28 (13.5)	30 (14.8)	98 (15.9)
No important	15 (7.3)	16 (7.7)	11 (5.4)	42 (6.8)
I am not sure	6 (4.3)	6 (2.9)	12 (5.9)	24 (4.1)

The data are given as n (%) unless otherwise is specified.

* 1-7 missing response in some characteristics; ^† 2-16 missing response in some characteristics.