Clinical Study
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) |
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