Table 3.
Social and sexual conditions among postpartum women
| Variable | PPC | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| N = 515 | |||
| *Substance use a | No | 460 | 90.0 |
| Yes | 51 | 10.0 | |
| Damage in the day to day due to the use of substance (N = 51) | |||
| No | 41 | 80.4 | |
| Yes | 10 | 19.6 | |
| Legal, social or financial problems due to the use of substance (N = 51) | |||
| No | 48 | 94.1 | |
| Yes | 3 | 5.9 | |
| Relatives concern regarding the use of substance (N = 51) | |||
| No | 17 | 33.3 | |
| Yes | 34 | 66.7 | |
| Tried to stop but couldn’t (N = 51) b | |||
| No | 25 | 50.0 | |
| Yes | 25 | 50.0 | |
| **Exposure to violence c | No | 477 | 94.1 |
| Yes | 30 | 5.9 | |
| ***Exposure to sexual violenced | No | 490 | 99.2 |
| Yes | 3 | 0.6 | |
| Refused to answer | 1 | 0.2 | |
| Sexual life after delivery e | No | 345 | 67.5 |
| Yes | 166 | 32.5 | |
| Mean time after delivery for returning sexual activity (weeks) | 5.08 ± 1.75 | ||
| Satisfaction with sexual life N = 166 | No | 18 | 10.8 |
| Yes | 148 | 89.2 | |
| Reason of sexual unsatisfaction | Pain during sex | 10 | 55.6 |
| N = 18 | Little or no interest in sex | 9 | 50.0 |
| Decreased vaginal lubrication (dryness) | 4 | 22.2 | |
| Problems reaching orgasm | 1 | 5.6 | |
| Use contraceptive method f | No | 310 | 61.1 |
| Yes | 197 | 38.9 | |
| Prescription of contraceptive method on the interview day g | No | 111 | 22.8 |
| Yes | Yes | 375 | 77.2 |
Missing information* a: (4), b (1), c (8), d (21) e (4), e (3), f (8), g (29)
* Defined as use of the following substances: tobacco products, alcoholic beverages, marijuana (ganja), inhalants, sedatives or sleeping pills, hallucinogens, opioids and / or injectable drugs for non-medical use
** Women who responded no or never to the following question:
Since the delivery, was there ever a time when you were pushed, slapped, hit, kicked, or beaten by (any of) your husband/partner(s) or anyone else?
*** Women who responded no to the following question:
Since the delivery, has your current husband/partner ever forced you to have sexual intercourse when you did not want to, for example by threatening you or holding you down? OR Since the delivery, did you ever have sexual intercourse you did not want to because you were afraid of what your partner/husband might do if you refused? OR Since the delivery, did your husband/partner ever force you to do anything else sexual that you did not want or that you found degrading or humiliating?