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Table 2 Relationship between reasons for scan considering fetal viability versus other reasons and variables

From: Clients' reasons for prenatal ultrasonography in Ibadan, South West of Nigeria

Variable

Fetal viability

(% within the category)

p value*

Age (years)

  

<30

75.3

0.003*

30–34

63.5

 

35+

42.9

 

Religion

  

Christianity

61.8

0.091

Islam

75.8

 

Occupation

  

Artisans

81.1

<0.001*

Civil servants

54.3

 

Professionals

42.9

 

Other

65.7

 

Education

  

Secondary or less

75.0

0.033*

Tertiary

59.6

 

Ethnic group

  

Yoruba

63.3

0.157

Others

78.3

 

Gravidity

  

1

70.3

0.794

2

61.8

 

3

61.8

 

4+

60.4

 

Sex of previous babies

  

All males

64.2

0.086

All females

50.0

 

Mixed

64.9

 

Nulliparous

81.8

 

Gestational age (Trimester)

  

First

82.4

0.475

Second

66.7

 

Third

68.6

 
  1. * statistically significant at P < 0.05