Table 5.

Motivations to perform Ramadan fasting among the fasted pregnant women.

Variable	Frequency n = 149
According to Islam, pregnant women are obliged to fast	39 (26.2)
According to Islam, I do not have to fast but I want to anyway	91 (61.5)
Ramadan fasting during pregnancy is not harmful	77 (52.0)
Ramadan fasting during pregnancy is healthy	73 (49.3)
Because my husband told me to fast	17 (11.5)
Because I do not want to have to make up the fasting later	23 (15.5)
Because I want to share spiritual and social experiences with my family	72 (48.6)
Because I used to fast during Ramadan	84 (56.8)
Because I did not know I was pregnant during Ramadan	16 (10.8)
Because I also did Ramadan fasting on my previous pregnancy(ies) and there is no problem at all	27 (18.2)
Because my midwife and doctor told me that Ramadan fasting during pregnancy is not harmful	25 (16.9)

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