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. 2020 Dec 5;23(2):232–239. doi: 10.1007/s10903-020-01126-y

Table 2.

Country of origin and pregnancy outcomes

Variables
(n; %)
Eritrean women
(31; 28.2%)
Nigerian women
(61; 55.5%)
Other Countries of origin (18; 16.3%) p value
Eritrean vs Nigerian Eritrean vs Other Nigerian vs Other
Age; years (mean, SD) 26 ± 7.4 24 ± 16.9 26 ± 20.7 0.231 0.223 0.321
Education; years (mean, SD) 8 ± 4.6 6 ± 5.1 5 ± 4.1 0.046 0.001 0.113
Unmarried status; n (%) 8 (26%) 46 (75%) 5 (28%) <0.001 0.884 <0.001
Children; n (%) 13 (42%) 14 (23%) 2 (11%) 0.060 0.002 0.118
Pregnancy at the arrival; n (%) 25 (81%) 14 (23%) 11 (61%) <0.001 0.129 0.007
Delivery; n (%) 24 (77%) 19 (31%) 9 (50%) <0.001 0.055 0.088
Miscarriage; n (%) 2 (10%) 7 (11%) 6 (33%) 0.883 0.047 0.121
Self-induced abortion; n (%) 0 (0%) 15 (25%) 2 (11%) 0.002 0.062 0.098
VPT; n (%) 5 (16%) 20 (33%) 1 (6%) 0.085 0.309 0.003

VPT voluntary termination of pregnancy