Table 3.
Variables | Attitude | ||||||||
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Towards Pregnancy | Towards Childbirth | ||||||||
Negative n = 29; 9.4% |
Positive n = 279; 90.6% |
Negative n = 29;9.4% |
Positive n = 279;90.6% |
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n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
Age | 13–16 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2.5 |
16–17 | 18 | 62.1 | 61 | 21.9 | 16 | 55.2 | 63 | 22.6 | |
18–19 | 11 | 37.9 | 211 | 75.6 | 13 | 44.8 | 209 | 74.9 | |
Statistical significance | χ2 = 22.46; p = 0.00001 | χ2 = 14.90; p = 0.0006 | |||||||
Marital status | Single | 15 | 51.8 | 51 | 18.3 | 12 | 41.4 | 54 | 19.4 |
In common-law partnership | 13 | 44.8 | 139 | 49.8 | 15 | 51.7 | 137 | 49.1 | |
Married | 1 | 3.4 | 89 | 31.9 | 2 | 6.9 | 88 | 31.5 | |
Statistical significance | χ2 = 22.46; p = 0.00001 | χ2 = 11.44; p = 0.003 | |||||||
Place of residence | Big city | 2 | 6.9 | 48 | 17.2 | 5 | 17.2 | 45 | 16.1 |
Small city | 10 | 34.5 | 72 | 25.8 | 6 | 20.7 | 76 | 27.2 | |
Village | 17 | 58.6 | 159 | 57.0 | 18 | 62.1 | 158 | 56.7 | |
Statistical significance | χ2 = 2.47; p = 0.29 | χ2 = 0.57; p = 0.75 | |||||||
Current occupation | School | 27 | 93.1 | 180 | 64.5 | 25 | 86.2 | 182 | 65.2 |
Work | 0 | 0 | 23 | 8.2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 8.3 | |
Neither school nor work | 2 | 6.9 | 76 | 27.2 | 4 | 13.8 | 74 | 26.5 | |
Statistical significance | χ2 = 9.88; p = 0.007 | χ2 = 5.79; p = 0.05 | |||||||
Main source of income | Parents | 26 | 89.7 | 111 | 39.8 | 24 | 82.8 | 113 | 40.5 |
Father of the child | 3 | 10.3 | 133 | 47.7 | 5 | 17.2 | 131 | 47.0 | |
Work | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6.8 | |
Unemployment/social benefit | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5.7 | |
Statistical significance | χ2 = 26.61; p = 0.00001 | χ2 = 19.43; p = 0.0002 |