Table 2.

Characteristics of the participants (n = 15).

Variables	n
Mean age = 29.4 yr
Residential area
Peri-urban	11
Urban	4
Race
Black	10
Coloured	5
Marital status
Married	4
Never married	11
Educational level
Primary	1
Secondary	10
Tertiary	4
Employment status
Unemployed	13
Employed	2
Parity
Nulliparous	8
Primiparous	5
Multiparous	2
Delivery mode
Vaginal	11
Caesarian section	4
Antepartum haemorrhage
Yes	1
No	14
Chronic illness
Yes	2
No	13
Smoking status
Yes	3
No	12
Alcohol use
Yes	5
No	10
Pregnancy status
1st trimester	4
2nd trimester	7
3rd trimester	4