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Table 1 Sociodemographic and reproductive characteristics of the study population

From: Validity of the posttraumatic stress disorders (PTSD) checklist in pregnant women

Characteristic

All

Diagnostic interview

PCL-C screening only

P valuea

(N = 3289)

(N = 633)

(N = 2656)

n

%

n

%

n

%

Age (yr)b

28.2 ± 6.3

28.2 ± 6.1

28.2 ± 6.3

0.99

Age (yr)

 18–20

169

5.1

29

4.6

140

5.3

0.68

 20–29

1836

55.8

367

58.0

1469

55.3

 30–34

692

21.0

128

20.2

564

21.2

  ≥ 35

591

18.0

109

17.2

482

18.1

Education (yr)

  ≤ 6

143

4.3

25

3.9

118

4.44

0.75

 7–12

1787

54.3

339

53.6

1448

54.5

  > 12

1349

41.0

267

42.2

1082

40.7

Mestizo

2475

75.3

481

76.0

1994

75.1

0.65

Married/living with a partner

2658

80.8

518

81.8

2140

80.6

0.50

Employed

1515

46.1

307

48.5

1208

45.5

0.19

Access to basic food

 Hard

1630

49.6

302

47.7

1328

50.0

0.31

 Not very hard

1657

50.4

331

52.3

1326

49.9

Difficulty in paying for medical care

 Hard

1740

52.9

316

49.9

1424

53.6

0.11

 Not very hard

1541

46.9

315

49.8

1226

46.2

Nulliparous

1609

48.9

333

52.6

1276

48.0

0.04

Unplanned pregnancy

1892

57.5

352

55.6

1540

58.0

0.28

Gestational age at interview (wk)b

9.3 ± 4.3

9.6 ± 3.4

9.2 ± 4.7

0.02

Any lifetime sexual or physical abuse by intimate partnerc

 No

2096

63.7

442

69.8

1654

62.3

<0.001

 Yes

1181

35.9

188

29.7

993

37.4

Any childhood physical or sexual abused

 No

937

28.5

190

30.0

747

28.1

0.38

 Yes

2308

70.2

436

68.9

1872

70.5

  1. Due to missing data, percentages may not add up to 100%
  2. aFor continuous variables, p value was calculated using Student’s t test; for categorical variables, p value was calculated using either Chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test
  3. bmean ± standard deviation
  4. cIntimate partner abuse assessed using the Demographic Health Survey Questionnaires and Modules: Domestic Violence Module [48] and the WHO Multi-Country Study on Violence Against Women [68]
  5. dExperiences of childhood physical and sexual abuse assessed using Childhood Physical and Sexual Abuse Questionnaire [47]