Table 1. Comparison of socio-demographic characteristics between the pregnant women and non-pregnant women.
| Socio-demographic characteristics | Pregnant women N=247 |
Non-pregnant women N=247 |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | |||
| Age median (IQR) | 25 (23,28) | 25 (22,28) | 0.457 | |
| Education | ||||
| Illiterate | 25 (10.1) | 25 (10.1) | 0.768 | |
| Higher secondary or below | 177 (71.7) | 183 (74.1) | ||
| Graduate & above | 45 (18) | 39 (15.8) | ||
| Occupation | ||||
| Home maker | 241 (97.6) | 183 (74.1) | <0.001a | |
| Employed | 6 (2.4) | 29 (11.7) | ||
| Unemployed | 0 (0) | 35 (14.2) | ||
| Below poverty lineb | 42 (17) | 56 (22.7) | 0.114 | |
| SES (BG Prasad)c | ||||
| I | 12 (4.9) | 13 (5.3) | 0.001 | |
| II | 76 (30.8) | 38 (15.4) | ||
| III | 79 (32) | 83 (33.6) | ||
| IV | 67 (27.1) | 90 (36.4) | ||
| V | 13 (5.3) | 23 (9.3) | ||
IQR: Inter Quartile range; SES: Socio Economic Status; COVID-19: Coronavirus disease 2019. aFishers exact test; b Families earning less Rs. 1,479 per capita are defined as below poverty line in Chandigarh, India; cBG Prasad scale is used to measure the socio-economic status of the family of the study participants in India. It classifies the families into 5 classes based on the monthly per capita income (Class I- ≥ Rs 7,863, Class II- Rs 3,931–7,862, Class III- Rs 2,359–3,930, Class IV- Rs 1,179–2,358, Class V- Rs <1,179). Bold represents statistically significant values.