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Table 2 Associations of education and work status with alcohol use in early pregnancy according to work status/education

From: Associations of education and work status with alcohol use and cessation among pregnant women in Japan: the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project Birth and Three-Generation Cohort Study

 

Alcohol use in early pregnancy/participants

(%)

Crude

Adjusteda

PR (95% CI)

P-value

PR (95% CI)

P-value

Educational attainment

 Not working in early pregnancy (n = 4002)

  High school or lower

178/1509

(11.8)

1.00

  

1.00

  

  College

243/1510

(16.1)

1.36

(1.14–1.63)

< 0.001

1.28

(1.07–1.54)

0.008

  University or higher

205/983

(20.9)

1.77

(1.47–2.13)

< 0.001

1.62

(1.34–1.96)

< 0.001

 Working in early pregnancy (n = 7837)

  High school or lower

422/2242

(18.8)

1.00

  

1.00

  

  College

767/3092

(24.8)

1.32

(1.19–1.46)

< 0.001

1.26

(1.13–1.40)

< 0.001

  University or higher

665/2503

(26.6)

1.41

(1.27–1.57)

< 0.001

1.29

(1.16–1.45)

< 0.001

Work status in early pregnancy

 High school or lower (n = 3751)

  Not working

178/1509

(11.8)

1.00

  

1.00

  

  Working

422/2242

(18.8)

1.60

(1.36–1.88)

< 0.001

1.57

(1.33–1.85)

< 0.001

 College (n = 4602)

  Not working

243/1510

(16.1)

1.00

  

1.00

  

  Working

767/3092

(24.8)

1.54

(1.35–1.76)

< 0.001

1.48

(1.30–1.69)

< 0.001

 University or higher (n = 3486)

  Not working

205/983

(20.9)

1.00

  

1.00

  

  Working

665/2503

(26.6)

1.27

(1.11–1.46)

< 0.001

1.19

(1.03–1.38)

0.016

  1. CI confidence interval, PR prevalence ratio
  2. aAdjusted for age and equivalent household income