Table 1.
Socio-demographic and reproductive characteristics of the study population by types of childhood abuse in Lima, Peru (N=630)
| Characteristics | All participants (N=630) |
No abuse (N = 161) |
Physical abuse only (N = 259) |
Sexual abuse only (N = 47) |
Physical and sexual abuse (N = 163) |
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| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | P-value | |
| Age (years)* | 28.8 ± 6.6 | 28.8 ± 6.3 | 28.5 ± 6.5 | 27.6 ± 7.0 | 29.6 ± 6.8 | 0.30 | |||||
| Age (years) | |||||||||||
| 18–20 | 19 | 3.0 | 1 | 0.6 | 7 | 2.7 | 4 | 8.5 | 7 | 4.3 | 0.10 |
| 20–29 | 335 | 53.2 | 91 | 56.5 | 143 | 55.2 | 26 | 55.3 | 75 | 46.0 | |
| 30–34 | 141 | 22.4 | 36 | 22.4 | 53 | 20.5 | 7 | 14.9 | 45 | 27.6 | |
| ≥35 | 135 | 21.4 | 33 | 20.5 | 56 | 21.6 | 10 | 21.3 | 36 | 22.1 | |
| Education (years) | |||||||||||
| ≤6 | 26 | 4.1 | 6 | 3.7 | 12 | 4.6 | 1 | 2.1 | 7 | 4.3 | 0.33 |
| 7–12 | 324 | 51.4 | 92 | 57.1 | 137 | 52.9 | 22 | 46.8 | 73 | 44.8 | |
| >12 | 279 | 44.3 | 62 | 38.5 | 110 | 42.5 | 24 | 51.1 | 83 | 50.9 | |
| Mestizo ethnicity | 468 | 74.3 | 118 | 73.3 | 184 | 71.0 | 37 | 78.7 | 129 | 79.1 | 0.26 |
| Married/living with a partner | 502 | 79.7 | 135 | 83.9 | 209 | 80.7 | 35 | 74.5 | 123 | 75.5 | 0.20 |
| Employed | 314 | 49.8 | 87 | 54.0 | 117 | 45.2 | 22 | 46.8 | 88 | 54.0 | 0.20 |
| Access to basic foods | |||||||||||
| Hard | 305 | 48.4 | 55 | 34.2 | 126 | 48.6 | 25 | 53.2 | 99 | 60.7 | <0.0001 |
| Not very hard | 325 | 51.6 | 106 | 65.8 | 133 | 51.4 | 22 | 46.8 | 64 | 39.3 | |
| Nulliparous | 291 | 46.2 | 79 | 49.1 | 114 | 44.0 | 25 | 53.2 | 73 | 44.8 | 0.62 |
| Planned pregnancy | 258 | 41.0 | 70 | 43.5 | 106 | 40.9 | 21 | 44.7 | 61 | 37.4 | 0.70 |
| Gestational age at interview* | 9.1 ± 3.6 | 9.0 ± 3.3 | 9.2 ± 3.5 | 9.1 ± 3.7 | 9.1 ± 3.9 | 0.92 | |||||
| Early pregnancy body mass | |||||||||||
| index (kg/m2) | |||||||||||
| <18.5 | 15 | 2.4 | 2 | 1.2 | 8 | 3.1 | 2 | 4.3 | 3 | 1.8 | 0.68 |
| 18.5–24.9 | 286 | 45.4 | 71 | 44.1 | 112 | 43.2 | 25 | 53.2 | 78 | 47.9 | |
| 25–29.9 | 232 | 36.8 | 58 | 36.0 | 102 | 39.4 | 13 | 27.7 | 59 | 36.2 | |
| ≥30 | 86 | 13.7 | 26 | 16.1 | 36 | 13.9 | 5 | 10.6 | 19 | 11.7 | |
Due to missing data, percentages may not add up to 100%.
*
mean ± SD (standard deviation); for continuous variables, P-value was calculated using the Kruskal-Wallis test; for categorical variables, P-value was calculated using the Chi-square test.