From: Validation of three mental health scales among pregnant women in Qatar
All Women N = 667 | Qatari n = 249 | Non-Qatari n = 418 | Qatari vs. Non-Qatari | ||||||||||||
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n (%) | M | SD | Range | n (%) | M | SD | Range | n (%) | M | SD | Range | t (df) | p | d | |
Age | 667 (100) | 30.12 | 5.08 | 19–46 | 249 (100) | 29.41 | 5.37 | 19–46 | 418 (100) | 30.53 | 4.86 | 19–45 | −2.77 (665) | ** | −0.21 |
Age at marriageab | 667 (100) | 23.63 | 4.20 | 13–43 | 249 (100) | 22.71 | 4.16 | 14–43 | 418 (100) | 24.21 | 4.13 | 13–39 | −4.48 (665) | *** | −0.35 |
Husband’s age at 1st marriagea | 662 (99) | 28.23 | 5.14 | 18–55 | 248 (100) | 26.40 | 5.03 | 18–55 | 414 (99) | 29.33 | 4.88 | 18–51 | −7.40 (660) | *** | −0.58 |
Number pregnancies | 667 (100) | 3.28 | 2.09 | 1–14 | 184 (74) | 4.47 | 2.04 | 2–12 | 303 (73) | 3.71 | 1.87 | 2–14 | 3.33 (665) | ** | 0.26 |
Number live births | 529 (79) | 2.14 | 1.45 | 0–7 | 184 (74) | 2.72 | 1.58 | 1–7 | 303 (73) | 2.09 | 0.07 | 1–7 | 5.11 (527) | *** | 0.45 |
Number sons | 487 (73) | 1.17 | 0.99 | 0–4 | 184 (74) | 1.36 | 1.28 | 0–4 | 303 (73) | 1.06 | 0.88 | 0–4 | 3.35 (485) | ** | 0.30 |
Number daughters | 487 (73) | 1.16 | 1.12 | 0–6 | 184 (74) | 1.36 | 1.24 | 0–6 | 303 (73) | 1.05 | 1.02 | 0–5 | 3.02 (485) | ** | 0.27 |
−2.77 (665) | ** | −0.21 | |||||||||||||
χ2 (df) | p | ||||||||||||||
Stage of Pregnancy | 667 (100) | 1.65 | 0.59 | 0–2 | 249 (100) | 1.67 | 0.04 | 0–2 | 418 (100) | 1.63 | 0.60 | 0–2 | 1.01 (2) | ns | |
1st trimester (=0) | 41 (6) | 15 (6) | 26 (6) | ||||||||||||
2nd trimester (=1) | 153 (23) | 52 (21) | 101 (24) | ||||||||||||
3rd trimester (=2) | 473 (71) | 182 (73) | 291 (70) | ||||||||||||
Schooling Attainment, 3 levels | 658 (99) | 0.76 | 0.56 | 0–2 | 244 (98) | 0.59 | 0.54 | 0–2 | 414 (99) | 0.86 | 0.56 | 0–2 | 34.91 (2) | *** | |
None/primary/preparatory (=0) | 205 (31) | 107 (44) | 98 (24) | ||||||||||||
Secondary/vocational (=1) | 409 (61) | 131 (54) | 278 (67) | ||||||||||||
University/graduate (=2) | 44 (7) | 6 (3) | 38 (9) |