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. 2020 Oct 8;37:140. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2020.37.140.25471

Table 5.

factors affecting sexuality during pregnancy among women attending antenatal clinic in a tertiary hospital in North-Western Nigeria, 2019

Variables Have you ever had coitus in pregnancy Test statistics, p-values
No Yes
Frequency (%) Frequency (%)
Age of respondents in years
<25 1 ((50.0) 75 (44.6) LR = 398
26-35 1 (50.0) 77 (45.8) p = 0.819
≥36 0 (0.0) 16 (9.5)
Educational status
Informal (primary and below) 2 (100.0) 44 (26.5) Fisher's Exact
Formal (secondary and above) 0 (0.0) 122 (73.5) p = 0.074
Occupational status
None 0 (0.0) 6 (4.1) LR = 3.56
Student 0 (0.0) 12 (8.2) p = 0.465
House wife 2 (100.0) 59 (40.4)
Civil servant 0 (0.0) 31 (21.2)
Business 0 (0.0) 38 (26.0)
Duration of marriage in years
<5 1 (50.0) 76 (46.3) LR=0.944
5-10 1 (50.0) 55 (33.5) p=0.624
>10 0 (0.0) 33 (20.1)
Stage of pregnancy
First trimester 2 (100.0) 21 (13.0) LR=8.0
Second trimester 0 (0.0) 44 (27.2) P=0.018
Third trimester 0 (0.0) 97 (59.9)
Recommend coitus during pregnancy
No 2 (100.0) 23 (13.6) Fisher's Exact
Yes 0 (0.0) 146 (86.4) p=0.021