Table 1.

Characteristics of undocumented women seeking care at NGO clinics 2009–2020 by region of origin

	Africa and Middle East regions		Other regions
	n = 222	%	n = 278	%
Maternal age i
Median (years)	28.9 (IQR 25.6–33.1)		28.2 (IQR 23.3–33.1)
Missing information	0	0	3	1.1
Education
No school	15	6.7	2	0.7
Primary school	37	16.7	23	8.3
High school	35	15.8	40	14.4
Higher education	20	9.0	28	10.1
Missing information	115	51.8	185	66.5
Marital status
Married/ Cohabitant	79	35.6	89	32.0
Unmarried/single/divorced	47	21.2	17	6.1
Missing information	96	43.2	172	61.9
Parity i
0	114	51.3	87	31.3
1–2	61	27.5	116	41.7
3 or more	19	8.6	30	10.8
Missing information	28	12.6	45	16.2
Pregnancies per woman during study period ii
1	186	83.8	252	90.6
2 or more	36	16.2	26	9.4
Self-reported residence status i
Asylum seeker / rejected	115	51.8	22	7.9
Not registered in Norway	36	16.2	110	39.6
Work migrant	0	0	20	7.2
Family reunification	14	6.3	15	5.4
Other	23	10.4	33	11.9
Missing information	34	15.3	78	28.0
Need of a translator
Yes	120	54.1	156	56.1
No	58	26.1	43	15.5
Missing information	44	19.8	79	28.4
Comorbidities diagnosed
Pre- gestational diabetes	2	0.9	2	0.7
Mental illness	9	4.1	5	1.8
Other iii	6	2.7	11	3.9
Smoking at gestational start
No	109	49.1	97	34.9
Sometimes/ daily	3	1.4	29	10.4
Missing information	110	49.5	152	54.7
Pre gestational Body Mass Index i, iv
Median	23.5 (IQR 21.7–27.0)		22.3 (IQR 20.5–25.6)
Missing information	88	47.6	76	42.9
Years in Norway when seeking care i
Median	2.0 (IQR 0.6–3.7)		0.5 (IQR 0.2–1.5)
Missing information	33	14.9	76	27.3
Gestational age at first antenatal visit i, iv
Median (weeks)	9 (IQR 6–19)		17 (IQR 10–26)
Missing information	6	2.7	6	2.2

ⁱAt first pregnancy registered at NGO clinics

ⁱⁱOnly pregnancies registered at NGO clinics

ⁱⁱⁱAsthma/allergy and epilepsy

^ivInduced abortions excluded, n = 362/500