Prevalence and determinants of low social support during pregnancy among Australian women: a community-based cross-sectional study

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of participating pregnant women (n = 493)

Demographic characteristics	Number	Percent
Residence
Major cities	286	61.1
Inner regional	103	22
Outer regional	66	14.1
Remote/very remote^a	13	2.8
Occupation
Manager/professional/Assoc. Professional	294	59.8
No paid job	100	20.4
Others^b	97	19.8
Marital status
Married/De facto (opposite sex)	466	95.12
Never married	12	2.44
Divorced/separated^c	12	2.44
Highest qualification achieved
University	319	65
Certificate/diploma	104	21.2
Year 12 or equivalent	43	8.8
Others^d	25	5
Pregnancy month
< 3 month	101	20.5
3–6 month	185	37.5
> 6 month	207	42
Able to manage on income available
Difficult all the time/impossible^e	43	8.8
Difficult some of the time	118	24
Not too bad	219	44.6
It is easy	111	22.6

^aRemote (n = 6), Very remote (n = 7)
^bOthers (Tradesperson or related worker (n = 7), Advanced clerical or service worker (n = 33), Intermediate clerical, sales/service worker (n = 38), Intermediate production or transport worker (n = 1), Elementary clerical, sales or service worker (n = 11), Labourer or related worker (n = 7))
^cDivorced (6), Separated (6)
^dOthers (no formal education (n = 2), Year 10 or equivalent (n = 15), Trade/apprenticeship (n = 8))
^eImpossible (n = 8), Difficult all the time (n = 35)

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