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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of participants

From: Development and validation of a self-management self-efficacy scale for premature birth prevention (SMSE-PBP) for women of childbearing age

Variables

Total

(N = 698)

Explore factor analysis

(n = 349)

Confirmatory factor analysis

(n = 349)

Age (year), mean (SD)

31.88 (5.93)

31.97 (5.96)

31.78 (5.89)

Education, n (%)

High school or below

74 (10.6)

37 (10.6)

37 (10.6)

Associate or Bachelor’s degree

542 (77.7)

270 (77.4)

271 (77.7)

Master’s degree or higher

82 (11.7)

42 (12.0)

41 (11.7)

Employment, n (%)

Yes

564 (80.8)

280 (80.2)

284 (81.4)

No

134 (19.2)

69 (19.8)

65 (18.6)

Marriage status, n (%)

Single

279 (40.0)

138 (39.5)

141 (40.4)

Married

415 (59.5)

208 (59.6)

207 (59.3)

Divorced or bereaved

4 (0.5)

3 (0.9)

1 (0.3)

Monthly income, n (%)

Very insufficient

54 (7.7)

34 (9.7)

20 (5.7)

Insufficient

406 (58.2)

199 (57.0)

207 (59.3)

Sufficient

234 (33.5)

113 (32.4)

121 (34.7)

Very sufficient

4 (0.6)

3 (0.9)

1 (0.3)

Residential area, n (%)

Metropolitan city

386 (55.3)

188 (53.9)

198 (56.7)

Province

312 (44.7)

161 (46.1)

151 (43.3)

Childbirth

Yes

169 (24.2)

87 (24.9)

82 (23.5)

No

529 (75.8)

262 (75.1)

267 (76.5)

Number of childbirthsa, mean (SD)

0.35 (0.67)

0.33 (0.62)

0.36 (0.71)

Age at first childbirtha, mean (SD)

30.82 (3.98)

30.92 (3.79)

30.71 (4.19)

Health issues of the baby immediately after childbirtha, n(%)

Yes

20 (11.8)

12 (13.6)

8 (9.8)

No

150 (88.2)

76 (86.4)

74 (90.2)

Baby who was sick right after birthb (Duplicate selection), n (%)

First

18 (85.7)

10 (83.3)

8 (88.9)

Second

3 (14.3)

2 (16.7)

1 (11.1)

Perinatal hospital care for a diseaseb, n (%)

Yes

20 (18.0)

11 (20.0)

9 (16.1)

No

91 (82.0)

44 (80.0)

47 (83.9)

Number of premature birthsb, mean (SD)

1.21 (0.47)

1.24 (0.50)

1.19 (0.43)

Risk of premature birth, n (%)

Very low

62 (8.9)

31 (8.9)

31 (8.9)

Low

188 (26.9)

93 (26.6)

95 (27.2)

Moderate

313 (44.8)

159 (45.6)

154 (44.1)

High

120 (17.2)

57 (16.3)

63 (18.1)

Very high

15 (2.2)

9 (2.6)

6 (1.7)

Premature birth education, n (%)

Yes

430 (61.6)

216 (61.9)

214 (61.3)

No

268 (38.4)

133 (38.1)

135 (38.7)

  1. aAnswered by those who had childbirth experience; bMissing data was excluded. Abbreviations SD, standard deviation