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Table 1 Personal information of mothers of infants who participated in prenatal education curriculum or not and their husbands (n = 604)

From: The effect of prenatal education curriculum on mother’s prenatal examination utilization, delivery mode and recovery status: a cross-sectional survey in China

 

Mothers

t/χ2

Their husbands

Participated n (%)

Not n (%)

Mother participated n (%)

Mother not participated n (%)

t/χ2

Age (years)

Min

20

18

 

21

20

 

Max

42

42

 

46

48

 

Mean ± STD

28.0 ± 4.1

27.3 ± 4.2

1.76

30.8 ± 4.7

30.3 ± 4.8

1.16

Education

Primary school and below

1 (0.6)

7 (1.6)

 

1 (0.6)

5 (1.2)

 

Middle school

28 (16.3)

108 (25.4)

 

25 (14.5)

97 (22.8)

 

High school

42 (24.4)

113 (26.6)

 

34 (19.8)

113(26.6)

 

College

45 (26.2)

87 (20.5)

 

45 (26.2)

77 (18.1)

 

University

56 (32.6)

110 (25.9)

9.5*

67 (39.0)

133 (31.3)

12.88*

Occupation

Staff in farming, forestry, or fishery

16 (9.2)

27 (6.4)

 

11 (6.4)

33 (8.0)

 

Staff in manufacture, or transportation

4 (2.3)

6 (1.4)

 

18 (10.5)

40 (9.7)

 

Staff in business, or service industry

28 (16.1)

65 (15.4)

 

32 (18.7)

97 (23.5)

 

Manager in government, public institutions or enterprise

40 (22.9)

81 (19.3)

 

44 (25.7)

80 (19.4)

 

Professionals

33 (19.0)

53 (12.6)

 

48 (28.1)

108 (26.2)

 

Soldiers

1 (0.2)

 

2 (1.2)

7 (1.7)

 

Housework

25 (14.4)

86 (20.4)

 

3 (1.8)

9 (2.2)

 

Unemployed

22 (12.6)

91 (21.6)

 

5 (2.9)

24 (5.8)

 

Others

6 (3.4)

11 (2.6)

15.16

8 (4.7)

15 (3.6)

9.09

Monthly income (RMB)

199 and below

29 (17.3)

101 (24.1)

 

8 (1.9)

 

200–1019

22 (13.1)

57 (13.6)

 

5 (2.9)

31 (7.4)

 

1020–3499

66 (39.3)

168 (40.1)

 

65 (38.0)

174 (41.6)

 

3500–5999

36 (21.4)

64 (15.3)

 

67 (39.2)

131 (31.3)

 

6000–8499

10 (6.0)

17 (4.1)

 

24 (14.0)

38 (9.1)

 

8500 and above

5 (3.0)

12 (2.9)

6.17

10 (5.8)

36 (8.6)

13.90*

  1. P < 0.05