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. 2020 Mar 30;20:188. doi: 10.1186/s12884-020-2848-8

Table 1.

Sample characteristics for total sample by pregnancy intent, experiences of pre-eclampsia, postpartum hemorrhage and postpartum pre-eclampsia, respectively among women in Uttar Pradesh who gave birth in the past year (N = 3659)

Total sample Unintended pregnancy Pre-eclampsia Postpartum hemorrhage Postpartum pre-eclampsia
(Unwtd N = 3659) (Unwtd N = 619) (Unwtd N = 583) (Unwtd N = 257) (Unwtd N = 198)
Wtd%/Mean(SD) Wtd%/Mean (SD) p value* Wtd%/Mean(SD) p value* Wtd%/Mean(SD) p value* Wtd%/Mean(SD) p value*
(n)a (n)a (n)a (n)a (n)a
Maternal age 26.4(4.4) 27.6(4.9) 0.00 26.5 (4.4) 0.70 25.9 (4.1) 0.11 26.4 (4.0) 0.89
Maternal age at marriage Less than 18 years 29.8 23.1 0.00 14.9 0.18 6.5 0.14 5.8 0.68
1092 240 163 72 55
Equal or more than 18 years 70.2 15.4 17.1 8.2 5.4
2567 379 420 185 143
Maternal education Never attended school 48.1 20.4 0.00 16.4 0.69 7.3 0.20 5.2 0.90
1741 337 281 111 88
1 5 years in school 15.2 15.1 15.2 6.8 5.5
544 84 84 39 29
6 9 years in school 15.2 13.2 15.9 7.0 5.8
575 71 90 44 40
> = 10 years in school 21.5 16.8 18.0 9.8 6.0
799 126 128 63 41
Husband’s education Never attended school 24.8 18.6 0.24 15.6 0.78 5.9 0.13 5 0.71
856 151 133 47 50
1 5 years in school 13.8 21.1 16.6 6.4 4.2
515 90 80 31 21
6 9 years in school 27.5 16.9 16.1 7.8 5.8
1013 176 169 77 54
> = 10 years in school 33.9 16.4 17.5 9.5 6.1
1275 201 200 101 72
Caste SC/ST 29.3 20.1 0.17 17.2 0.18 6.6 0.48 5.1 0.35
1042 207 178 70 60
OBC 54.9 16.5 15.4 8.1 5.2
2021 320 303 145 101
General 15.8 17.4 19.1 8.2 7.0
596 92 102 42 37
Religion Muslim 17.2 18.9 0.49 7.6 0.68 5.4 0.48
610 103 212 163
Non muslim 82.8 17.5 8.2 6.1
3049 516 45 35
Wealth index Low 63.5 19.3 0.04 16.4 0.95 7.6 0.93 4.9 0.28
2261 433 364 161 116
Medium 27.8 15.4 16.4 8 7.0
1056 144 167 77 70
High 8.7 13.7 17.2 7.4 5.3
342 42 52 19 12
Birth parity 1 28.2 11.3 0.00 17.5 0.44 8.0 0.66 5.9 0.83
1061 117 161 76 57
2 26.1 16.5 15.0 8.3 5.5
956 131 141 68 51
3+ 44.9 22.2 16.7 7.2 5.2
1641 370 281 113 90
Singleton birth Singleton 99.3 17.6 0.02 16.5 0.43 7.7 0.25 5.4 0.25
3630 607 581 255 195
Multiple births 0.7 38.9 9.4 15.4 17.7
29 12 2 2 3
Time since birth Less than or equal to 2 months 24.9 18.3 0.71 17.9 0.17 7.7 0.66 5.8 0.32
889 153 153 54 47
More than 2 months and less than 7 months 31.9 18.2 17.4 8.4 6.3
1190 200 188 92 74
More than 6 months 43.2 17 15.0 7.2 4.8
1580 266 242 111 77
Intimate partner violence(IPV) IPV ever 56.4 16.6 0.57 19.9 0.00 8.5 0.22 6.1 0.19
2093 811 354 145 109
No IPV ever 43.6 18.1 12.9 8.9 4.9
1566 357 229 112 89
Institutional delivery Facility delivery 69.3 17.3 0.24 16.0 0.40 7.6 0.68 5.2 0.29
2569 262 395 183 140
Delivery at home 30.7 19.2 17.5 8.1 6.2
1090 206 188 74 58
Receipt of minimum four ANC Received minimum four ANC 12.4 11.7 0 11.6 0.01 4.7 0.02 5.8 0.81
473 51 52 23 30
Not received at least four ANC 87.6 18.6 17.2 8.1 5.5
3186 568 100 234 168
Receipt of home visit by ASHA Received at least one home visit by ASHA 60.3 16.5 0.06 14.0 0.00 6.5 0.01 4.6 0.03
2241 348 313 132 107
Not received at least one home visit by ASHA 39.7 19.6 20.2 9.5 6.9
1418 271 270 125 91
Unintended pregnancy Intended pregnancy 14.4 0.00 7.2 0.03 4.6 0.00
437 203 149
Unintended pregnancy 26.3 10.3 9.8
146 54 49

aResults presented are weighted to account for sampling design

*p values assess differences between groups who had an unintended pregnancy and an intended pregnancy, based on chi square analyses for categorical variables and t-tests for continuous variables