Alcohol and Other Drug Use during Pregnancy among Women Attending Midwife Obstetric Units in the Cape Metropole, South Africa

Table 1

Description of sub-sample participant demographic characteristics (𝑛=684).

	%	SE
Age
0–19	14.7	1.48
20–29	62.9	2.08
30–39	19.5	1.73
40–49	2.8	0.73
Race
Black African	60.3	1.70
Coloured	39.1	1.71
White/Asian	1.6	0.55
Education
Primary	3.5	0.79
Secondary	92.0	1.16
Tertiary—incomplete	1.9	0.62
Tertiary—complete	2.6	0.65
Marital status
Legally married	18.9	1.65
Traditionally married	7.7	1.15
Living together	4.1	0.84
Never married/single	66.9	2.00
Divorced/separated/widowed	2.4	0.68
Employment status
Unemployed	56.9	2.14
Employed full-time	23.7	1.86
Employed part-time/self-employed	12.0	1.43
Student	7.4	1.10
Socioeconomic status
Low (4 or less items)	24.1	1.78
High (5 or more items)	75.9	1.78
Parity
0	34.0	2.00
1	35.1	2.10
2	19.6	1.70
3	8.2	1.20
≥4	3.1	0.70
Planned pregnancy
Yes	31.8	2.10
No	68.2	2.10
Gestational age
0–12 weeks (1st trimester)	22.8	1.90
13–24 weeks (2nd trimester)	57.4	2.30
25–40 weeks (3rd trimester)	19.8	1.80