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Table 1 Socio-demographic and health variables influencing women’s reported postpartum morbidity

From: Self-reported postpartum morbidity: prevalence and determinants among women in Marrakesh, Morocco

Variable

Modalities

Number

Self reported postpartum morbidity

p

Present% (n)

Absent% (n)

Woman’s age at the last childbearing

15–24

371

9.7 (36)

90.3 (335)

0.02

25–34

514

14.2 (73)

85.8 (441)

35–49

144

18.1 (26)

81.9 (118)

Education level

Illiterate

258

18.2 (47)

81.8 (211)

0.01

Primary

298

13.1 (39)

86.9 (259)

Secondary and more

473

10.4 (49)

89.6 (424)

Women occupation

Yes

87

10.3 (9)

89.7 (78)

0.42

No

942

13.4 (126)

86.6 (816)

SPC of the spouse

SPC1

769

13.0 (100)

87,0 (669)

0.85

SPC2

260

13.5 (35)

86.5 (225)

Insurance health coverage

Yes

294

13.3 (39)

86.7 (255)

0.93

No

735

13.1 (96)

86.9 (639)

The number of pregnancies

≤3

593

9.4 (56)

90.6(537)

0.00005

>3

436

18.1 (79)

81.9(357)

Failed pregnancy

Yes

206

18.4 (38)

81.6(168)

0.01

No

823

11.8 (97)

88.2(726)

Place of birth

Public

833

14.2 (118)

85.8(715)

0.02

Private

171

7.6 (13)

92.4(158)

The mode of delivery

Vaginal

875

13.8 (121)

86.2(754)

0.10

Caesarean

154

9.1 (14)

90.9(140)

Antenatal care

Yes

846

12.4 (105)

87.6(741)

0.15

No

183

16.4 (30)

83.6(153)

Post-natal care

Yes

310

12.9 (40)

87.1(270)

0.89

No

719

13.2 (95)

86.8(624)

  1. The associations between different studied variables and reported maternal morbidity. It is a bivariate analysis. When p is less than 0.05 it is written in bold