Table 3.
Planning and preparation for pregnancy among of adolescent and other pregnancies among primigravida women
| Adolescent pregnancies | Non-adolescent pregnancies | Significance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | |||
| Contraceptive use (N = 1037) | ||||||
| Yes | 109 | 46.8 | 251 | 31.2 | Chi-Square | 19.301 |
| No | 124 | 53.2 | 553 | 68.8 | p | < 0.001 |
| Planned pregnancy (N = 1030) | ||||||
| Yes | 121 | 52.4 | 646 | 84.2 | Chi-Square | 76.388 |
| No | 110 | 47.6 | 153 | 19.1 | p | < 0.001 |
| Attending pre-pregnancy sessions | ||||||
| Yes, with husband | 33 | 14.2 | 162 | 20.0 | Chi-Square | 74.137 |
| Yes, alone | 6 | 2.6 | 67 | 8.3 | p | < 0.001 |
| No | 27 | 11.6 | 171 | 21.2 | ||
| Not aware | 47 | 20.2 | 222 | 27.5 | ||
| No answer | 110 | 49.3 | 153 | 23.0 | ||
| Screened for anemia in pre-pregnancy sessions (N 179)a | ||||||
| Yes | 14 | 46.7 | 62 | 41.6 | Chi-Square | 4.190 |
| No | 16 | 53.3 | 87 | 58.4 | p | 0.123 |
| Cardiovascular examination in pre-pregnancy sessions (176)a | ||||||
| Yes | 6 | 20.0 | 37 | 25.3 | Chi-Square | 4.017 |
| No | 24 | 80.0 | 110 | 74.7 | p | 0.134 |
| Pre-conceptional folic acid use | ||||||
| Yes | 79 | 33.9 | 532 | 65.8 | Chi-Square | 85.616 |
| No | 41 | 17.6 | 109 | 13.5 | p | < 0.001 |
| Not answered | 113 | 48.5 | 167 | 20.7 | ||
| Folic acid use after conception | ||||||
| Yes, frequently | 62 | 26.6 | 453 | 56.1 | Chi-Square | 79.281 |
| Yes, infrequently | 10 | 4.3 | 56 | 6.9 | p | < 0.001 |
| No | 5 | 2.1 | 20 | 2.5 | ||
| Not answered | 156 | 67.0 | 279 | 34.5 | ||
N was given when there are missing values or when the missing data are not included in the table
aOnly among those who participated in pre-pregnancy sessions