Table 2.
Demographic and obstetric characteristics of multiparous pregnant women.
| Characteristic | Preceding interbirth interval |
Totalb | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| <24 months | >24 months | |||
| n | 76 (23.2%) | 252 (76.8%) | 328 | |
| Maternal age (years) | 25.03 ± 4.69 | 26.52 ± 3.67 | 26.1 ± 3.97 | 0.004 |
| Gestational age (weeks) | 28.68 ± 5.57 | 27.19 ± 5.57 | 27.0 ± 5.54 | |
| Paternal age (years) | 29.81 ± 5.93 | 31.13 ± 5.03 | 30.83 ± 5.28 | 0.055 |
| Women marriage age (years) | 19.28 ± 2.85 | 19.16 ± 2.53 | 19.19 ± 2.60 | 0.707 |
| Caste | 0.029 | |||
| Upper caste | 34 (44.7%) | 133 (52.8%) | 167 (50.9%) | |
| Janajati | 13 (17.1%) | 61 (24.2%) | 74 (22.6%) | |
| Lower caste | 29 (38.2%) | 58 (23.0%) | 87 (26.5%) | |
| Maternal education level | 0.999 | |||
| None/primary | 30 (39.5%) | 100 (39.7%) | 130 (39.6%) | |
| Secondary | 28 (36.8%) | 92 (36.5%) | 120 (36.6%) | |
| College | 18 (23.7%) | 60 (23.8%) | 78 (23.8%) | |
| Paternal education level | 0.190 | |||
| None/primary | 25 (32.9%) | 57 (22.6%) | 82 (25.0%) | |
| Secondary | 29 (38.2%) | 108 (42.9%) | 137 (41.8%) | |
| College | 22 (28.9%) | 87 (34.5%) | 109 (33.2%) | |
| Wealth quintilea | 0.738 | |||
| 1 | 15 (20.3%) | 49 (19.6%) | 64 (19.8%) | |
| 2 | 19 (25.7%) | 54 (21.6%) | 73 (22.5%) | |
| 3 | 16 (21.6%) | 49 (19.6%) | 65 (20.1%) | |
| 4 | 10 (13.5%) | 51 (20.4%) | 61 (18.8%) | |
| 5 | 14 (18.9%) | 47 (18.8%) | 61 (18.8%) | |
| Residential location | 0.164 | |||
| Urban | 47 (61.8%) | 133 (52.8%) | 180 (54.9%) | |
| Rural | 29 (38.2%) | 119 (47.2%) | 148 (45.1%) | |
| Knowledge of family planning methodsa | 0.049 | |||
| No | 19 (25.0%) | 38 (15.2%) | 57 (17.5%) | |
| Yes | 57 (75.0%) | 212 (84.8%) | 269 (82.5%) | |
| Sex of newborna | 0.080 | |||
| Male | 33 (50.0%) | 145 (62.0%) | 178 (59.4%) | |
| Female | 33 (50.0%) | 89 (38.0%) | 122 (40.6%) | |
aMissing data present.
bMissing birth spacing for 10 women.