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Table 3 Sociodemographics, drinking, and smoking among the women who drank during their pregnancy and those who abstained

From: Prevalence of alcohol use before and during pregnancy and predictors of drinking during pregnancy: a cross sectional study in Sweden

 

Consumers during pregnancy, n (%)

Abstainers during pregnancy, n (%)

p -value

Age (years)

n=88

n=1213

<0.001b

 ≤ 24

4 (4.5)

132 (10.9)

 

 25–29

19 (21.6)

403 (33.2)

 

 30–34

34 (38.6)

441 (36.4)

 

 35–39

23 (26.1)

202 (16.7)

 

 ≥ 40

8 (9.1)

35 (2.9)

 

Education

n=89

n=1192

0.041b

 Compulsory     school

2 (2.2)

23 (1.9)

 

 Intermediate     education

24 (26.9)

464 (38.9)

 

 University/college    education

63 (70.8)

705 (59.1)

 

Occupation

n=89

n=1212

0.508b

 Employed

76 (85.4)

997 (85.1)

 

 Other

13 (14.6)

215 (14.9)

 

City size

n=89

n=1222

<0.001b

 >200 000 inhabitants

45 (50.6)

385 (31.5)

 

 <200 000      inhabitants

44 (49.4)

837 (68.5)

 

Region

n=89

n=1466

0.018b

 Norrland1)

21 (23.6)

491 (33.5)

 Svealand2)

29 (32.6)

306 (20.9)

 Götaland3)

39 (43.8)

669 (45.6)

Drinking habit

n=84

n=1188

<0.001b

 Strong

9 (10.7)

23 (1.9)

 

 Medium

23 (27.4)

124 (10.4)

 

 Weak

52 (61.9)

1041 (87.6)

 

Social support

n=87

n=1203

0.035a

 Low

3 (3.4)

44 (3.7)

 

 Medium

8 (9.2)

90 (7.5)

 

 Adequate

76 (87.4)

1069 (88.9)

 

Drinking motive: social

n=84

n=1180

0.001a

 Unimportant

57 (67.9)

970 (82.2)

 

 Moderately     important

25 (29.8)

194 (16.4)

 

 Important

2 (2.4)

16 (1.4)

 

Drinking motive: coping

n=85

n=1171

<0.001a

 Unimportant

79 (92.9)

1147 (97.8)

 

 Moderately     important

6 (7.1)

20 (1.7)

 

 Important

0 (0)

6 (0.5)

 

Drinking motive: enhancement

n=85

n=1176

0.002a

 Unimportant

75 (88.2)

1042 (88.6)

 

 Moderately     important

10 (11.8)

121 (10.3)

 

 Important

0 (0)

13 (1.1)

 

Tobacco use before pregnancy

n=87

n=1208

0.871b

 Daily

15 (17.2)

204 (16.9)

 

 Not daily

5 (5.7)

95 (7.9)

 

 Quit before      pregnancy

10 (11.5)

161 (13.3)

 

 Never used

57 (65.5)

748 (61.9)

 

Tobacco use during pregnancy

n=88

n=1209

0.046b

 Daily

4 (4.5)

44 (3.6)

 

 Not daily

10 (11.4)

55 (4.5)

 

 Not at all

74 (84.1)

1110 (91.8)

 

Frequency of drinking before pregnancy

n=86

n=1213

 

 Once a month     or less

14 (16.3)

491 (40.5)

<0.001b

 2–4 times    a month

55 (64.0)

644 (53.1)

 

 2–3 times a    week or more

17 (19.8)

78 (6.5)

 

Usual quantity per occasion before pregnancy

n=86

n=1212

0.649b

 1 SD

16 (18.6)

198 (16.3)

 

 2 SD

40 (46.5)

521 (43.0)

 

 3–4 SD

23 (26.7)

357 (29.5)

 

 5 or more

7 (8.2)

136 (11.2)

 
  1. ap-value based on Man Whitney’s U-test.
  2. bp-value based on chi-square test.