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Table 1 Sample characteristics, pregnant women, Doha, Qatar

From: Validation of three mental health scales among pregnant women in Qatar

 

All Women N = 667

Qatari n = 249

Non-Qatari n = 418

Qatari vs. Non-Qatari

n (%)

M

SD

Range

n (%)

M

SD

Range

n (%)

M

SD

Range

t (df)

p

d

Age

667 (100)

30.12

5.08

19–46

249 (100)

29.41

5.37

19–46

418 (100)

30.53

4.86

19–45

−2.77 (665)

**

−0.21

Age at marriageab

667 (100)

23.63

4.20

13–43

249 (100)

22.71

4.16

14–43

418 (100)

24.21

4.13

13–39

−4.48 (665)

***

−0.35

Husband’s age at 1st marriagea

662 (99)

28.23

5.14

18–55

248 (100)

26.40

5.03

18–55

414 (99)

29.33

4.88

18–51

−7.40 (660)

***

−0.58

Number pregnancies

667 (100)

3.28

2.09

1–14

184 (74)

4.47

2.04

2–12

303 (73)

3.71

1.87

2–14

3.33 (665)

**

0.26

Number live births

529 (79)

2.14

1.45

0–7

184 (74)

2.72

1.58

1–7

303 (73)

2.09

0.07

1–7

5.11 (527)

***

0.45

Number sons

487 (73)

1.17

0.99

0–4

184 (74)

1.36

1.28

0–4

303 (73)

1.06

0.88

0–4

3.35 (485)

**

0.30

Number daughters

487 (73)

1.16

1.12

0–6

184 (74)

1.36

1.24

0–6

303 (73)

1.05

1.02

0–5

3.02 (485)

**

0.27

             

−2.77 (665)

**

−0.21

             

χ2 (df)

p

 

Stage of Pregnancy

667 (100)

1.65

0.59

0–2

249 (100)

1.67

0.04

0–2

418 (100)

1.63

0.60

0–2

1.01 (2)

ns

 

 1st trimester (=0)

41 (6)

   

15 (6)

   

26 (6)

      

 2nd trimester (=1)

153 (23)

   

52 (21)

   

101 (24)

      

 3rd trimester (=2)

473 (71)

   

182 (73)

   

291 (70)

      

Schooling Attainment, 3 levels

658 (99)

0.76

0.56

0–2

244 (98)

0.59

0.54

0–2

414 (99)

0.86

0.56

0–2

34.91 (2)

***

 

 None/primary/preparatory (=0)

205 (31)

   

107 (44)

   

98 (24)

      

 Secondary/vocational (=1)

409 (61)

   

131 (54)

   

278 (67)

      

 University/graduate (=2)

44 (7)

   

6 (3)

   

38 (9)

      
  1. Notes: Ns vary due to refusals, don’t knows, and skip patterns. Follow-up chi-squares applying Bonferroni’s correction revealed significant differences between Qatari and non-Qatari women across levels of education such that Qatari women were more likely to have no/primary/preparatory education and non-Qatari women were more likely to have both secondary/vocational and university/graduate education
  2. aRefers to age at current / former marriage
  3. bNo aqid Qaran
  4. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001
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