Supplementary Table 1. Distribution of association between various socio-demographic characteristics and levels of fear of childbirth (FOC) (N = 262)
| Variable |
Categories |
Level of FOC |
ϰ2 |
P-value |
| High |
Moderate |
Low |
| Age in years |
18-23 |
20 (30.8) |
37 (56.9) |
8 (12.3) |
23.51 |
0.001*** |
| 24-29 |
15 (13.2) |
86 (75.4) |
13 (11.4) |
| 30-35 |
0 (0.0) |
43 (75.4) |
14 (24.6) |
| Above 35 |
0 (0.0) |
26 (100.0) |
0 (0.0) |
| Age at marriage in years |
18-23 |
20 (28.6) |
39 (55.7) |
11 (15.7) |
23.51 |
0.001*** |
| 24-29 |
13 (9.1) |
114 (79.7) |
16 (11.2) |
| 30-35 |
2 (5.4) |
30 (81.1) |
5 (13.5) |
| Above 35 |
0 (0.0) |
9 (75.0) |
3 (25.0) |
| Educational qualification |
Basic and less |
18 (40.0) |
21 (46.7) |
6 (13.3) |
60.68 |
0.001*** |
| Secondary |
8 (7.4) |
95 (88.0) |
5 (4.6) |
| Undergraduate |
9 (11.0) |
60 (73.2) |
13 (15.9) |
| Post graduate |
0 (0.0) |
16 (59.3) |
11 (40.7) |
| Religion |
Muslim |
26 (17.1) |
104 (68.4) |
22 (14.5) |
6.52 |
0.163 |
| Hindu |
6 (7.7) |
61 (78.2) |
11 (14.1) |
| Others |
3 (9.4) |
27 (84.4) |
2 (6.3) |
| Occupation |
Housewife |
35 (29.4) |
84 (70.6) |
0 (0.0) |
71.40 |
0.001*** |
| Government employee |
0 (0.0) |
49 (75.4) |
16 (24.6) |
| Private employee |
0 (0.0) |
59 (75.6) |
19 (24.4) |
| Husband education level |
Basic and less |
20 (90.9) |
2 (9.1) |
0 (0.0) |
155.64 |
0.001*** |
| Secondary |
0 (0.0) |
76 (72.4) |
29 (27.6) |
| Undergraduate |
10 (11.5) |
72 (82.8) |
5 (5.7) |
| Post graduate |
5 (10.4) |
42 (87.5) |
1 (2.1) |
| Husband occupation |
Government employee |
24 (32.4) |
42 (56.8) |
8 (10.8) |
38.85 |
0.001*** |
| Private employee |
1 (0.9) |
96 (83.5) |
18 (15.7) |
| Business |
10 (13.7) |
54 (74.0) |
9 (12.3) |
| Residence area |
Rural |
4 (4.0) |
86 (86.9) |
9 (9.1) |
16.52 |
0.001*** |
| Urban |
31 (19.0) |
106 (65.0) |
26 (16.0) |
| The first source of support |
Parents |
1 (2.1) |
32 (66.7) |
15 (31.3) |
23.08 |
0.001*** |
| Spouse |
30 (18.1) |
121 (72.9) |
15 (9.0) |
| Others |
4 (8.3) |
39 (81.3) |
5 (10.4) |
| Respondent's monthly family income |
≤ 10,000/- to 15,000/- |
21 (25.3) |
50 (60.2) |
12 (14.5) |
23.08 |
0.001*** |
| 16,000/- to 20,000/- |
0 (0.0) |
32 (61.5) |
20 (38.5) |
| 21,000/- to 25,000/- |
4 (5.4) |
68 (91.9) |
2 (2.7) |
| > 25,000/- |
10 (18.9) |
42 (79.2) |
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Data displayed as n (%); *P ≤ 0.05 was considered statistically significant
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