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Table 2 Distribution of sociodemographic and obstetric variables of pregnant women association with MHELIPb and WHO-5c scores (n=456)

From: Determinants of well-being in pregnancy: the impact of sociodemographic and obstetric variables and maternal health literacy, cross sectional study

Variables

MHELIPb

WHO-5c

r

p

r

p

Age

d0.063

0.181

d−0.011

0.819

Prepregnancy BMIa

d0.016

0.739

d−0.097

0.039*

Gestational weight gain

d−0.058

0.217

d−0.064

0.174

Gestational week

d0.024

0.616

d0.007

0.876

Education level

Mean±SD

t/F and p

Mean±SD

t/F and p

 Primary school degree1

68.89±17.83

e10.549

11.50±5.24

e4.810

 Junior high school degree2

68.08±16.57

<0.001**

10.98±5.49

0.003**

 Senior high school degree3

70.18±14.99

4>1,2,3

11.52±5.40

4>2,3

 Bachelor or Master’s degree4

78.33±11.88

 

13.45±4.83

 

Employment status

 Employed

79.49±14.84

f3.790

13.95±4.85

f2.881

 Unemployed

70.44±15.41

<0.001**

11.57±5.36

0.004**

Perception of income level

 Sufficient

71.78±14.76

f0.979

12.31±5.28

f3.710

 Insufficient

68.87±18.11

0.329

10.11±5.26

<0.001**

Current place of residence

 City

71.49±15.94

f0.336

11.41±5.24

f−2.741

 Far from the city (Village or Town)

70.93±14.51

0.737

12.99±5.52

0.006**

Family type

 Nuclear

71.92±15.56

f2.021

11.78±5.27

f−0.286

 Extended

67.57±15.33

0.044*

12.00±5.90

0.775

Pregnancy number

 Nulligravid

71.68±14.32

f−0.333

12.25±5.60

f1.293

 Multigravid

71.17±16.25

0.740

11.57±5.21

0.197

Planned pregnancy

 Yes

71.06±15.21

f−0.525

11.94±5.32

f0.988

 No

71.86±16.25

0.600

11.59±5.41

0.497

Risk in current pregnancy

 Yes

66.57±23.83

f1.511

8.86±4.28

f−3.334

 No

71.60±15.01

0.131

11.97±5.36

0.007**

  1. SD Standard Deviation
  2. aBMI Bady mass index
  3. bMHELIP Maternal Health Literacy Inventory in Pregnancy
  4. cWHO-5 WHO-5 Well-being index
  5. dThe correlation coefficient r (Pearson correlation)
  6. eF value (one-way ANOVA)
  7. ft value (Student’s t-test)
  8. 1,2,3,4The deferences
  9. *p<0.05
  10. **p<0.01