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Table 3 Knowledge regarding alcohol and tobacco use during pregnancy (N = 326)

From: Knowledge, attitudes and peer influences related to pregnancy, sexual and reproductive health among adolescents using maternal health services in Ugu, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Questions

Correct Answer

Frequencies (n)

Percentages (%)

What quantity of alcohol may a pregnant woman consume?

No quantity of alcohol is safe during pregnancy.

  

 1 alcoholic drink a day

 

1

0.3%

 No quantity of alcohol is safe during pregnancy.

 

302

92.6%

 Do not know

 

23

2.1%

Alcohol consumption during pregnancy results in low birth weight.

Yes

  

 Yes

 

64

19.6%

 No

 

262

80.4%

Alcohol consumption during pregnancy results in heart defects.

Yes

  

 Yes

 

67

20.6%

 No

 

259

79.4%

Alcohol consumption during pregnancy results in damage to the unborn baby’s liver.

Yes

  

 Yes

 

118

36.2%

 No

 

208

63.8%

Alcohol consumption during pregnancy results in mental retardation in the unborn baby.

Yes

  

 Yes

 

209

64.1%

 No

 

117

35.9%

Smoking tobacco during pregnancy results in low birth weight.

Yes

  

 Yes

 

73

22.4%

 No

 

253

77.6%

Smoking tobacco during pregnancy results in miscarriage.

Yes

  

 Yes

 

54

16.6%

 No

 

272

83.4%

Smoking tobacco during pregnancy results in preterm labour.

Yes

  

 Yes

 

22

6.7%

 No

 

304

93.3%

Smoking tobacco during pregnancy results in deformities in the unborn baby.

Yes

  

 Yes

 

52

16%

 No

 

274

84%

 

No

  

Smoking tobacco during pregnancy reduces back pain.

 

2

0.6%

 Yes

 

2

0.6%

 No

 

324

99.4%