Table 1 Socio-demographic features of the studied Iranian women (n = 400, mean age = 28.8, SD = 5.7)
Variables | Number (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Education | |||
Primary | 23 (5.8) | ||
Secondary | 70 (17.5) | ||
High School | 47 (11.7) | ||
Diploma | 172 (43.0) | ||
Higher degree | 88 (22.0) | ||
Type of occupation | |||
Housewife | 361 (90.2) | ||
Work at home | 15 (3.8) | ||
Work outside home | 24 (6.0) | ||
Residence place | |||
Urban | 333 (83.3) | ||
Rural | 67 (16.7) | ||
Income level | |||
Adequate | 77 (19.3) | ||
Inadequate | 97 (24.3) | ||
Fairly adequate | 226 (56.4) | ||
Intentionality of the recent pregnancy based on the respondents’ point of views | |||
Yes | 301 (75.25) | ||
No | 99 (24.75) | ||
Intentionality of the recent pregnancy based on the partners’ willingness to conceive | |||
Yes | 315 (78.75) | ||
No | 85 (21.25) | ||
Mean number of pregnancies/children | |||
Mean number of pregnancies | 2.1 (0.9)* | ||
Mean number of children | 1.8 (0.6)* | ||
Mean number of sons | 1 (0.7)* | ||