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. 2014 Dec 30;54(1):27–36. doi: 10.1515/sjph-2015-0004

Table 7.

Most critical risk factors based on education level.

Risk factor (smoking, alcohol consumption, drugs) Education

Basic High school University Pearson’s χ2 test: p-value
Never smoked Count 14 83 114 <0.001
Percent 20.6 59.7 78.1
Gave up before pregnancy Count 14 26 18
Percent 20.6 18.7 12.3
Gave up during pregnancy Count 19 20 11
Percent 27.9 14.4 7.5
Current smoker (even during pregnancy) Count 16 4 0
Percent 23.5 2.9 0.0
Passive smoking during pregnancy Count 5 6 3
Percent 7.4 4.3 2.1

Never drank alcohol Count 11 10 6 0.017
Percent 16.4 7.0 4.1
Gave up before pregnancy Count 42 88 86
Percent 62.7 62.0 58.9
Occasionally during pregnancy Count 14 44 52
Percent 20.9 31.0 35.6
Current alcohol consumption (even during pregnancy) Count 0 0 2
Percent 0.0 0.0 1.4

Never tried illicit drugs Count 57 130 129 0.117
Percent 87.7 92.9 88.4
Gave up before pregnancy Count 6 9 17
Percent 9.2 6.4 11.6
Gave up during pregnancy Count 2 1 0
Percent 3.1 0.7 0.0
Occasionally during pregnancy Count 0 0 0
Percent 0.0 0.0 0.0
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