Characteristics

Total number of participants,

n (%)

Delivery pattern n (%)

Delivery pathways n (%)

Eutocia

Dystocia

p-value

Vaginal delivery

Caesarean section

p-value

Age (Years)

15

48 (9.2)

-

48 (100)

33 (68.8)

15 (31.2)

16

136 (26.0)

52 (38.2)

84 (61.8)

129 (94.9)

7 (5.2)

17

89 (17.0)

53 (59.6)

36 (40.4)

0.0000

80 (89.9)

9 (10.1)

0.0401

18

128 (24.5)

72 (56.3)

56 (43.8)

126 (98.4)

2 (1.6)

19

122 (23.3)

78 (63.9)

44 (36.1)

107 (87.7)

15 (12.3)

Total n (%)

523 (100)

255 (48.8)

268 (51.2)

475 (90.8)

48 (9.2)

Means

17.3

Sd.

1.3

Civil status

Single

118 (22.6)

52 (44.1)

66 (55.9)

95 (80.5)

23 (19.5)

Married

362 (69.2)

186 (51.4)

176 (48.6)

0.7985

337 (93.1)

25 (6.9)

0.0000

Commonwealth

43 (8.2)

17 (39.5)

26 (60.5)

43 (100)

-

Studies carried out

Illiterate

25 (4.8)

8 (32.0)

17 (68.0)

25 (100)

-

Primary

120 (22.9)

61 (50.8)

59 (49.2)

0,6793

104 (86.7)

16 (13.3)

0.4200

Secondary

378 (72.3)

186 (49.2)

192 (50.8)

346 (91.5)

32 (8.5)

Profession

None

51 (9.8)

9 (17.6)

42 (82.4)

51 (100)

-

Student

83 (15.9)

50 (60.2)

33 (39.8)

0,0009

81 (97.6)

2 (2.4)

0.8106

Teacher

9 (1.7)

9 (100)

-

9 (100)

-

Household

380 (72.7)

187 (49.2)

193 (50.8)

334 (87.9)

46 (12.1)