Table 1.
Demographic data for pregnant mothers in the MACE birth cohort (n = 1099a)
| Characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Mean age in years (SD) | 26.1 (5.9) |
| Teenager (15–19 years) (%) | 87 (11.5) |
| Prime of fertility (20-30 years) (%) | 487 (64.4) |
| Middle aged (> 30 years) (%) | 182 (24.1) |
| Marital Status | |
| Married (%) | 154 (14.0) |
| Living together (%) | 77 (7.0) |
| Single (%) | 868 (79.0) |
| Mean number of family members per household (SD) | 3.1 (1.6) |
| Housing Type | |
| Detached house, Semidetached (%) | 739 (67.2) |
| Flat, Terraced flat, Apartment building (%) | 198 (18.0) |
| Informal (%) | 162 (14.7) |
| Mean number of rooms per household (SD) | 3.3 (1.9) |
| Ventilation (n = 950) | |
| Natural (%) | 886 (93.3) |
| Other (%) | 64 (6.6) |
| Cooking Energy Source (n = 950) | |
| Electricity (%) | 922 (97.6) |
| Biomass fuels (%) | 18 (2.0) |
| Paraffin (%) | 12 (1.3) |
| Other (%) | 6 (0.6) |
| Mother working (n = 165, 16.1%) | |
| General assistant (%) | 56 (33.9) |
| Clerical/administrative (%) | 19 (11.5) |
| Machine operator/Supervisor/manager (%) | 13 (7.9) |
| Other (%) | 76 (46.1) |
| Mothers Education | |
| Never attended or only up to grade 1–7 (%) | 28 (2.5) |
| Some High School education (%) | 269 (24.5) |
| Matric (high school graduate) (%) | 619 56.3) |
| College/ Technikon/ University (%) | 183 (16.7) |
| Mothers Annual Income: | |
| < R2000 (%) | 484 (44.0) |
| R2001- R10000 (%) | 195 (17.7) |
| R10 001 - R30 000 (%) | 238 (21.7) |
| > R30 000 (%) | 121 (11.0) |
| Refused to answer (%) | 61 (5.6) |
| Mean Gestational week at enrolment (SD) | 11.6 (3.5) |
| Mean Gravida (SD) | 2.5 (0.9) |
| Mean Parity (SD) | 0.7 (0.9) |
| Primigravida (%) | 486 (44.2 |
| Planned pregnancy (%) | 439 (39.0) |
| Use of contraceptive in the past year (%) | 545 (49.6) |
| Pregnant on contraception (%) | 242 (22.0) |
| Sexual relationship with baby’s father (%) | |
| For some months (%) | 176 (16.0) |
| For some Years (%) | 923 (84.0) |
| Sexual intercourse during the 4 weeks before pregnancy | |
| Refused to answer (%) | 67 (6.1) |
| > 3 times a week (%) | 445 (40.4) |
| 1–2 times a week (%) | 332 (30.2) |
| < 1 time a week (%) | 255 (23.2) |
| Outcomes of previous pregnancies (n = 965)b in 613 mothers | |
| Live birth (%) | 801 (83.0) |
| Spontaneous Abortion (%) | 109 (11.3) |
| Termination of pregnancy (%) | 15 (1.6) |
| Ectopic pregnancy (%) | 20 (2.1) |
| Still birth (Macerated and fresh) (%) | 4 (0.4) |
| Postnatal Death (%) | 21 (2.2) |
| Patients with bad obstetric history (n = 613) (%) | 148 (24.1) |
SD Standard deviation
a unless otherwise stated
b613 mothers reported having a previous pregnancy