Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics, obstetric history, and sexual behaviour of 276 participating women.
| Characteristics | Number (%) |
|---|---|
| Age (years) | |
| Mean (±SD) | 31.5 ± 7.47 |
| Age (years) | |
| ⩽24 | 49 (17.8%) |
| 25-34 | 131 (47.5%) |
| ⩾35 | 96 (34.8%) |
| Education | |
| None/Islamic/basic literacy | 74 (26.8%) |
| Primary school (1-6 years) | 94 (34.1%) |
| Secondary school (7-13 years) | 75 (27.2%) |
| University/professional (>13 years) | 33 (12.0%) |
| Current employment status | |
| Salaried (public/private sector) | 38 (13.8%) |
| Entrepreneur (restaurant/shop/sewing shop/hairdressing salon owner) | 27 (9.8%) |
| Unemployed | 14 (5.1%) |
| Housewife (unpaid) | 89 (32.2%) |
| Housewife (paid) | 40 (14.5%) |
| Student | 22 (8.0%) |
| Trainee (sewing, hairdressing) | 10 (3.6%) |
| Others | 36 (13.0%) |
| Marital status | |
| Never married | 21 (7.6%) |
| Currently married | 233 (84.4%) |
| Widowed/divorced | 21 (8.0%) |
| Missing value | 1 (NA) |
| Marital relationship | |
| Monogamy | 156 (70.6%) |
| Polygamy | 65 (29.4%) |
| Missing value | 12 (NA) |
| Gestity | |
| Median (range) | 2.0 (0; 11) |
| Parity | |
| Median (range) | 2.0 (0; 10) |
| Abortion/stillbirth (<12 months) | |
| Yes | 21 (7.6%) |
| No | 255 (92.4%) |
| Sexual partners in the past 3 months | |
| None | 86 (31.2%) |
| 1 | 175 (63.4%) |
| >1 | 15 (5.4%) |
| New sexual partners in the past 3 months | |
| Yes | 60 (21.7%) |
| No | 216 (78.3%) |
| Sexual partner has other partners | |
| Yes | 65 (23.6%) |
| No | 153 (55.4%) |
| Do not know | 58 (21.0%) |