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Table 1 Demographic Information

From: Interest of pregnant women in the use of SMS (short message service) text messages for the improvement of perinatal and postnatal care

Characteristics

 

Mercedes (n = 83)

Rosario (n = 63)

All (n = 146)

  

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Age (years) (the study included only women over 18)

Less than 20

2 (2.4)

2 (3.2)

4 (2.7)

 

20 to 34

55 (66.3)

56 (88.9)

111 (76.0)

 

35 and more

26 (31.3)

5 (7.9)

31 (21.2)

Country of birth

Argentina

79.0 (95.2)

60.0 (95.2)

139.0 (95.2)

 

Other

4.0 (4.8)

3.0 (4.8)

7.0 (3.5)

Area of residence

Urban

71.0 (85.5)

59.0 (93.7)

130.0 (89.0)

 

Rural

8.0 (9.6)

2.0 (3.2)

10.0 (6.8)

 

No response

4.0 (4.8)

2.0 (3.2)

6.0 (4.1)

Travel time required to get to the health center (in minutes)

Less than 30

45 (54.9)

51 (81.0)

96(66.2)

 

30 to 59

15 (18.3)

7 (11.1)

22 (15.2)

 

60 to 119

8 (9.8)

4 (6.3)

12 (8.3)

 

120 or more

14 (17.1)

1 (1.6)

15 (10.3)

Travel time required to get to the hospital (in minutes)

Less than 30

14 (16.8)

25 (39.7)

39 (26.7)

30 to 59

28 (34.1)

33 (52.4)

61 (41.8)

60 to 119

26 (31.7)

4 (6.3)

30 (20.5)

120 or more

14 (17.4)

1 (1.6)

15 (10.3)

Missing

1 (1.2)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.7)

Number of people in the household

Less than 5

31(37.3)

34 (54.0)

65 (44.5)

 

5 or more

52 (62.7)

29 (46.0)

81 (55.5)

Number of previous births

1-2

43 (51.8)

46 (73.0)

89 (61.0)

 

3-4

17 (20.5)

14 (22.2)

31 (21.2)

 

5 or more

23 (27.7)

3 (4.8)

26 (17.8)

Number of children

1-2

44 (53.0)

46 (73.0)

90 (61.6)

 

3 to 4

16 (19.3)

14 (22.2)

30 (20.5)

 

5 or more

23 (27.7)

3 (4.8)

26 (17.8)

Women education level

Less than primary school

5 (6.0)

0.0 (0.0)

5.0 (3.4)

Primary education, incomplete

15 (18.1)

5 (7.9)

20 (13.7)

Primary education, complete

22 (26.5)

16 (25.4)

38 (26.0)

Secondary education, incomplete

25 (30.1)

19 (30.2)

44 (30.1)

Secondary education, complete

13 (15.7)

18 (28.6)

31 (21.2)

Higher education, incomplete

1 (1.2)

3 (4.8)

4 (2.7)

Higher education, complete

2 (2.4)

2 (3.2)

4 (2.7)