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Table 3 Sociodemographic characteristics of patients

From: Effects of implementing a postabortion care strategy in Kinshasa referral hospitals, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Variables

Intervention hospitals (n = 334)

Control hospitals (n = 314)

p

Average age of the patient (SD)

26.2 (7.4)

25.7 (6.7)

0.643t

Adolescent age (≤ 19 years old)

  

0.891

 Yes n (%)

71 (21.5)

60 (20.8)

 

 No n (%)

260 (78.5)

229 (79.2)

 

 Total n (%)

331 (100.0)

289 (100.0)

 

Marital status

  

0.281

 Single/divorced n (%)

91 (48.9)

117 (57.6)

 

 Married/cohabiting n (%)

95 (51.1)

86 (42.4)

 

 Total n (%)

186 (100.0)

203 (100.0)

 

Occupational occupation

  

0.723

 Yes n (%)

27 (32.9)

41 (36.0)

 

 No n (%)

55 (67.1)

73 (64.0)

 

 Total n (%)

82 (100.0)

114 (100.0)

 

Patient parity

  

0.012

 Nulliparous n (%)

91 (41.9)

83 (37.2)

 

 Primiparous n (%)

43 (19.8)

63 (28.3)

 

 Multiparous n (%)

83 (38.3)

77 (34.5)

 

 Total n (%)

217 (100.0)

223 (100.0)

 
  1. With SD = standard deviation; n = number of subjects; p = p-value, and t = t test