Table 1 Vulnerability checklist
All participants | |
|---|---|
Response rate | N = 831 (96.4%) |
Pregnancy | 476 (57.3) |
No prenatal /antenatal care | 51 (6.1) |
Young or uninformed motherhood/pregnancy | 291 (35.0) |
Medical problems in unborn child | 46 (5.5) |
Negative perceptions of the pregnancy | 73 (8.8) |
Fear of childbirth | 145 (17.4) |
No reasonable expectations of maternity | 37 (4.5) |
Unhealthy lifestyle | 83 (10.0) |
Residence | 374 (45.0) |
Homelessnessa | 213 (25.6) |
Imminent eviction | 68 (8.2) |
No gas/water/electricity | 3 (0.4) |
Overdue maintenance | 55 (6.6) |
Unsanitary/unsafe residence | 75 (9.0) |
Illegal situation (e.g. not registered at address) | 98 (11.8) |
Administration and finance | 636 (76.5) |
Insufficient income | 490 (59.0) |
Debt | 446 (53.7) |
Work and education | 442 (53.2) |
Unemployed | 125 (15.0) |
No meaningful daily occupation | 130 (15.6) |
Illiteracy | 14 (1.7) |
Low education (e.g. < 7 years education) | 295 (35.5) |
Parenting | 149 (17.9) |
Attachment problems | 20 (2.4) |
(Expected) parenting problems | 87 (10.5) |
(Imminent) outplacement of this or previous children | 26 (3.1) |
Involvement of child protection | 33 (4.0) |
No basic layette at ≥ 34 weeks of gestation | 34 (4.1) |
Health | 649 (78.1) |
Physical problems | 154 (18.5) |
Underweight or overweight | 32 (3.9) |
Smoking | 117 (14.1) |
Soft drugs | 30 (3.6) |
Hard drugs | 5 (0.6) |
Alcohol | 8 (1.0) |
Psychiatric problems | 154 (18.5) |
A lot of stress | 531 (63.9) |
No health insurance | 75 (9.0) |
Intellectually disabled | 39 (4.7) |
Social functioning | 675 (81.2) |
Inadequate social network | 405 (48.7) |
Single mother | 356 (42.8) |
Poor communicative skills | 123 (14.8) |
Language barrier | 244 (29.4) |
Not self-sufficient | 94 (29.4) |
Trouble with household chores | 51 (6.1) |
Safety and crime | 180 (21.7) |
Detention (history) of the mother | 27 (3.2) |
Detention (history) of the father | 37 (4.5) |
Illegal immigration status | 34 (4.1) |
Domestic violence | 102 (12.3) |