Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of screened pregnant women by T-ACE scores: Lusaka, Zambia, July 2017 (n = 188)
| T-ACE Scored | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| < 2 points (n = 116) | > 2 points (n = 40) | ||
| Mean (95% CI) | Mean (95% CI) | p-value | |
| Maternal age at screening (years) | 27.0 (25.9–28.1) | 25.7 (24.0–27.4) | 0.299 |
| Gestational age at screening (weeks) | 24.2 (22.6–25.9) | 24.5 (21.7–27.2) | 0.808 |
| Number of times pregnant | 3.0 (2.8–3.2) | 2.9 (2.51–3.19) | 0.086 |
| Maternal age first time had alcohol drink | 18.4 (17.2–19.6) | 19.6 (17.7–21.4) | 0.296 |
| N (%) | N (%) | ||
| Employment status | 0.602 | ||
| Unemployed | 68 (40.5) | 25 (14.9) | |
| Employed | 16 (9.5) | 9 (5.4) | |
| Marital status | 0.934 | ||
| Single (never married/dating) | 15 (8.9) | 7 (4.2) | |
| Married | 82 (48.85) | 30 (17.9) | |
| Divorced/separated/windowed | 3 (1.8) | 1 (0.6) | |
| Education | 0.432 | ||
| Some primary school | 11 (6.5) | 7 (4.2) | |
| Primary school | 24 (14.3) | 9 (5.4) | |
| Secondary school | 48 (28.6) | 18 (10.7) | |
| > college | 17 (10.1) | 3 (1.8) | |
| Religion | 0.756 | ||
| Christian (e.g., Catholic, protestant) | 98 (58.3) | 38 (22.6) | |
| Muslim | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Not religious | 1 (0.6) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Household income (monthly) | 0.569 | ||
| Dependent (no income) | 31 (18.5) | 11 (6.5) | |
| ≤ 1000 ZMW | 15 (8.9) | 8 (4.8) | |
| > 1000 ZMW | 37 (22.0) | 12 (7.1) | |
| Primary source of emotional support | 0.580 | ||
| Parent or relative | 42 (25.0) | 20 (11.9) | |
| Spouse or significant other | 51 (30.4) | 15 (8.9) | |
| Friend | 6 (3.6) | 1 (0.6) | |
| Prenatal care (regular) | 0.001 | ||
| no | 17 (10.1) | 2 (1.2) | |
| yes | 82 (48.8) | 35 (20.8) | |
| Distance factor to accessing prenatal care | 0.001 | ||
| no | 44 (26.2) | 16 (9.5) | |
| yes | 30 (17.9) | 12 (7.1) | |
Note: Descriptive statistics were calculated and reported for women who answered the questions as means with associated confidence intervals, and percentages as appropriate. Only participants who responded to all the four T-ACE questions are included in the analysis (n = 156 or 188 participants)