Table 2.

Women’s motivation for Ramadan fasting.

Variable	Ramadan fasting		pa
	Yes n = 149	No n = 38
Aware of pregnancy during Ramadan	134 (89.9)	38 (100)	0.04
Experienced morning sickness	53 (35.6)	15 (39.5)	0.66
Afraid fasting during pregnancy may affect fetal health	63 (42.3)	24 (63.2)	0.02
Afraid fasting during pregnancy may affect own health	32 (21.5)	14 (36.8)	0.05
Husband’s opinion regarding fasting during pregnancy			0.02
Women should not fast	43 (28.9)	21 (55.3)
Women should fast	22 (14.8)	4 (10.5)
No opinion	81 (54.4)	13 (34.2)
Unknown	3 (2.0)	0 (0.0)
Fasted outside of Ramadan during pregnancy	19 (12.8)	1 (2.6)	0.07

Data are presented as n (%) from the frequency variables.

^aChi-square test.