Table 1 Profile of the study participants (n = 4117)
From: The effects of stillbirth and abortion on the next pregnancy: a longitudinal study
SNa | Variables | Stillbirth | Abortion | P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency | % | Frequency | % | ||||
1. | Knowledge of contraceptive | Present | 955 | 91.7 | 456 | 14.8 | < 0.01 |
Absent | 87 | 8.3 | 2619 | 85.2 | Â | ||
2. | Resident | Rural | 1020 | 97.9 | 2210 | 71.9 | < 0.01 |
Urban | 22 | 2.1 | 865 | 28.1 | Â | ||
3. | Educational status | Illiterate | 66 | 6.3 | 603 | 19.6 | < 0.01 |
Informal | 76 | 7.3 | 1147 | 37.6 | Â | ||
Elementary | 2 | 0.2 | 117 | 5.8 | Â | ||
Secondary | 36 | 3.5 | 1009 | 32.8 | Â | ||
Tertiary | 862 | 82.7 | 139 | 4.5 | Â | ||
4. | TV/radio | Present | 367 | 35.2 | 260 | 8.5 | < 0.01 |
Absent | 675 | 64.8 | 2815 | 91.5 | Â | ||
5. | Marital status | Single | 46 | 4.4 | 2803 | 91.2 | < 0.01 |
Married | 981 | 94.1 | 272 | 8.6 | Â | ||
Divorced | 11 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | Â | ||
Widowed | 4 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | Â | ||
6. | Family size | ≤ 4 | 740 | 71 | 1365 | 44.5 | < 0.01 |
> 4 | 302 | 29 | 1710 | 55.6 |  | ||
7. | Hepatitis C | Positive | 3 | 0.3 | 144 | 4.7 | < 0.01 |
Negative | 1039 | 99.7 | 2931 | 95.3 | Â | ||
8. | HIV | Positive | 8 | 0.8 | 91 | 3 | < 0.01 |
Negative | 1034 | 99.2 | 2984 | 97 | Â | ||
9. | Hepatitis B | Positive | 33 | 3.2 | 185 | 6 | < 0.01 |
Negative | 1009 | 96.8 | 2890 | 94 | Â | ||
10. | Partner communication about MCH | Present | 350 | 33.6 | 1090 | 35.4 | 0.27 |
Absent | 692 | 66.4 | 1085 | 64.5 | Â | ||