Table 1.
Demographic and obstetric characteristics of primiparous pregnant women.
| Characteristic | First birth interval |
Total | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| <12 months | >12 months | |||
| n | 141 (38.8%) | 222 (61.2%) | 363 | |
| Maternal age (years) | 22.39 ± 2.56 | 20 ± 2.38 | 21.18 ± 2.63 | <0.001 |
| Gestational age (weeks) | 28.24 ± 5.40 | 28.33 ± 5.44 | 28.30 ± 5.42 | 0.869 |
| Paternal age (years) | 27.27 ± 3.69 | 25 ± 3.86 | 25.92 ± 3.94 | <0.001 |
| Women marriage age (years) | 19.51 ± 2.43 | 19.55 ± 2.37 | 19.53 ± 2.39 | 0.850 |
| Caste | 0.095 | |||
| Upper caste | 76 (53.9%) | 118 (53.1%) | 194 (53.5%) | |
| Janajati | 38 (26.9%) | 43 (19.4%) | 81 (22.3%) | |
| Lower caste | 27 (19.2%) | 61 (17.5%) | 88 (24.2%) | |
| Maternal education level | 0.160 | |||
| None/primary | 27 (19.2%) | 52 (23.4%) | 79 (21.7%) | |
| Secondary | 47 (33.4%) | 87 (39.2%) | 134 (36.9%) | |
| College | 67 (47.4%) | 83 (37.4%) | 150 (41.4%) | |
| Paternal education level | 0.663 | |||
| None/primary | 24 (17.0%) | 44 (19.8%) | 68 (18.7%) | |
| Secondary | 49 (34.8%) | 81 (36.5%) | 130 (35.8%) | |
| College | 68 (48.2%) | 97 (43.7%) | 165 (45.5%) | |
| Wealth quintilea | 0.963 | |||
| 1 | 32 (22.7%) | 46 (20.7%) | 78 (21.5%) | |
| 2 | 22 (15.6%) | 41 (18.6%) | 63 (17.4%) | |
| 3 | 26 (18.4%) | 41 (18.6%) | 67 (18.5%) | |
| 4 | 28 (19.9%) | 43 (19.5%) | 71 (19.6%) | |
| 5 | 33 (23.4%) | 50 (22.6%) | 83 (22.9%) | |
| Residential location | 0.411 | |||
| Urban | 78 (55.3%) | 113 (50.9%) | 191 (52.6%) | |
| Rural | 63 (44.7%) | 109 (49.1%) | 172 (47.4%) | |
| Knowledge of family planning methods | 0.005 | |||
| No | 31 (22.0%) | 80 (36.0%) | 111 (30.9%) | |
| Yes | 110 (78.0%) | 142 (64.0%) | 252 (69.1%) | |
| Sex of newborna | 0.218 | |||
| Male | 72 (55.4%) | 125 (62.2%) | 197 (59.5%) | |
| Female | 58 (44.6%) | 76 (37.8%) | 134 (40.5%) | |
aMissing data present.