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Table 1 Demographic characteristics and baseline reproductive health information

From: Evaluation of two intervention models on contraceptive attitudes and behaviors among nulliparous women in Shanghai, China: a clustered randomized controlled trial

Characteristics

TC (n = 306)

NC (n = 595)

ALL

P*

Demographic characteristics

 Age (years)

  Mean ± SD

28.05 ± 4.24

28.03 ± 3.76

28.04 ± 3.93

0.93

 Educational level

  High/vocational school or lower

48 (16.0%)

58 (10.0%)

106 (12.1%)

0.01

  College or higher

253 (84.0%)

518 (90.0%)

771 (87.9%)

 

 Marital status

  Married/divorced/separated

150 (59.3%)

345 (65.7%)

495 (63.6%)

0.08

  Unmarried

103 (40.7%)

180 (34.3%)

283 (36.4%)

 

 Birth place

  Shanghai

189 (74.7%)

407 (77.5%)

596 (76.6%)

0.38

  Other regions

64 (25.3%)

118 (22.5%)

182 (23.4%)

 

 Average monthly income (RMB)

   < 5000

144 (56.9%)

211 (46.8%)

427 (55.0%)

0.01

   ≥ 5000

109 (43.1%)

240 (53.2%)

349 (45.0%)

 

 Smoking

35 (22.3%)

74 (20.1%)

109 (20.8%)

0.57

 Drinking

5 (4.5%)

9 (3.1%)

14 (3.5%)

0.52

Reproductive history

 History of abortion (times)

  0

222 (87.7%)

452 (86.1%)

674 (86.6%)

0.53

  1-2

31 (12.3%)

73 (13.9%)

114 (13.4%)

 

 Pregnancy plan in the next year

113 (44.8%)

252 (51.8%)

365 (49.4%)

0.08

 Gynecological diseases in the previous six months

85 (28.2%)

187 (32.4%)

272 (31.0%)

0.21

 Seeing a doctor because of gynecology diseases

58 (19.3%)

119 (20.6%)

177 (20.2%)

0.26

  1. *P from comparisons of TC group and NC group, Statistically significant (P < 0.05) results are indicated in bold style