Table 2.
Demographic Characteristics of women attending ANC clinics and association with BPCR
| Characteristic | Total (n=672) |
BPCR status
|
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good BPCR (n=528) | Poor BPCR (n=144) | |||
| Age (years) | ||||
| 10–19 | 54 (8.0) | 39 (72.2) | 15 (27.8) | 0.038 |
| 20–29 | 358 (53.3) | 270 (75.4) | 88 (24.6) | |
| ≥30 | 260 (38.7) | 219 (84.2) | 41 (15.8) | |
| Body mass index | ||||
| Normal | 159 (23.7) | 126 (79.2) | 33 (20.8) | 0.581 |
| Over weight | 125 (18.6) | 102 (81.6) | 23 (18.4) | |
| Obese | 388 (57.7) | 300 (77.3) | 88 (22.7) | |
| Marital Status | ||||
| Single | 115 (17.1) | 89 (77.4) | 26 (22.6) | 0.006 |
| Married | 525 (78.1) | 421 (80.2) | 104 (19.8) | |
| Divorced | 32 (4.8) | 18 (56.3) | 14 (43.8) | |
| Educational status | ||||
| Elementary and secondary school | 423 (62.9) | 307 (72.6) | 116 (27.4) | < 0.001 |
| Diploma and bachelor’s degree | 249 (37.1) | 221 (88.8) | 28 (11.2) | |
| Occupation | ||||
| Unemployed | 222 (33.0) | 159 (71.6) | 63 (28.4) | 0.005 |
| Office employee | 226 (33.7) | 181 (80.1) | 45 (19.9) | |
| Government officer | 224 (33.3) | 188 (83.9) | 36 (16.1) | |
| Income (THB) | ||||
| <10,000 | 220 (32.7) | 145 (65.9) | 75 (34.1) | < 0.001 |
| ≥10,000 | 452 (67.3) | 383 (84.7) | 69 (15.3) | |
| Type of family | ||||
| Nuclear family | 474 (70.5) | 357 (75.3) | 117 (24.7) | 0.001 |
| Extended family | 198 (29.5) | 171 (86.4) | 27 (13.6) | |
| Place of residence | ||||
| Rural | 244 (36.3) | 188 (77.0) | 56 (23.0) | 0.468 |
| Bangkok metropolitan region | 428 (63.7) | 340 (79.4) | 88 (20.6) | |
| Average distance from the hospital | ||||
| ≤2 hours | 43 (6.4) | 27 (62.8) | 16 (37.2) | 0.009 |
| >2 hours | 629 (93.6) | 501 (79.7) | 128 (20.3) | |
| Educational status of husband | ||||
| Elementary or secondary school | 473 (70.4) | 353 (74.6) | 120 (25.4) | < 0.001 |
| Diploma or bachelor’s degree | 199 (29.6) | 175 (87.9) | 24 (12.1) | |
| Husband’s occupation | ||||
| Unemployed | 56 (8.3) | 38 (67.9) | 18 (32.1) | 0.003 |
| Office employee | 470 (69.9) | 362 (77.0) | 108 (23.0) | |
| Government officer | 146 (21.8) | 128 (87.7) | 18 (12.3) | |
| Parity (P) | ||||
| Primiparity | 321 (47.8) | 241 (75.1) | 80 (24.9) | 0.035 |
| Multiparity | 351 (52.2) | 287 (81.8) | 64 (18.2) | |
| Gestational Age at 1st ANC | ||||
| >12 weeks | 361 (53.7) | 269 (74.5) | 92 (25.5) | 0.006 |
| ≤12 weeks | 311 (46.3) | 259 (83.3) | 52 (16.7) | |
| Number of ANC | ||||
| <4 | 130 (19.3) | 98 (75.4) | 32 (24.6) | 0.324 |
| ≥4 | 542 (80.7) | 430 (79.3) | 112 (20.7) | |
Note: Data are presented as number (%).
Abbreviations: ANC, antenatal care; BPCR, birth preparedness and complication readiness; THB, Thai Baht.