Congenital Anomalies and Termination of Pregnancy in Iran

Table 1

Basic characteristics of study subjects.

		Group I		95% CI		Group II		95% CI
		Number	Percent	Lower	Upper	Number	Percent	Lower	Upper
Mother literacy	Primary/secondary	120	59.7	52.7	66.7	275	68.4	63.7	72.9
	High school	60	29.9	23.9	36.3	98	24.4	20.4	28.6
	University	21	10.4	6.5	14.9	29	7.2	4.7	9.7
Father literacy	Primary/secondary	134	66.7	60.7	73.6	253	62.9	58.0	67.9
	High school	42	20.9	14.9	26.9	89	22.1	17.9	26.1
	University	25	12.4	8.0	17.4	60	14.9	11.7	18.4
Mother job	Housewife	181	90.0	86.1	94.0	370	92.0	89.3	94.5
	Employed	20	10.0	6.0	13.9	32	8.0	5.2	10.7
Family income (per month, US $)	Less than 400	129	64.2	57.7	70.1	245	60.9	56.2	65.7
	400–800	56	27.9	21.4	34.3	139	34.6	29.6	39.3
	More than 800	16	7.9	4.5	11.9	18	4.5	2.7	6.5
Type of marriage	Familial	56	27.9	21.9	33.8	154	38.3	33.6	43.5
	Nonfamilial	145	72.1	66.2	78.1	248	61.7	56.5	66.4
		Mean		(95% CI)		Mean		(95% CI)
Mother age		29.14		(28.24–29.97)		27.87		(27.34–28.41)
Father age		33.47		(32.51–34.42)		33.61		(33.04–34.17)