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Table 4 Associations of education and work status with alcohol cessation between early and middle pregnancy according to work status/education among women who consumed alcohol in early pregnancy

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 cessation/drinkers in early pregnancy

(%)

Crude

Adjusteda

PR (95% CI)

P-value

PR (95% CI)

P-value

Educational attainment

 Not working in early pregnancy (n = 626)

  High school or lower

139/178

(78.1)

1.00

  

1.00

  

  College

182/243

(74.9)

0.96

(0.86–1.07)

0.443

0.96

(0.86–1.08)

0.498

  University or higher

151/205

(73.7)

0.94

(0.84–1.06)

0.311

0.95

(0.84–1.08)

0.452

 Working only in early pregnancy (n = 137)

  High school or lower

33/43

(76.7)

1.00

  

1.00

  

  College

54/61

(88.5)

1.15

(0.96–1.39)

0.136

1.19

(0.94–1.51)

0.157

  University or higher

29/33

(87.9)

1.15

(0.93–1.41)

0.201

1.09

(0.86–1.38)

0.478

 Working in early and middle pregnancy (n = 1717)

  High school or lower

273/379

(72.0)

1.00

  

1.00

  

  College

553/706

(78.3)

1.09

(1.01–1.17)

0.026

1.06

(0.98–1.14)

0.126

  University or higher

510/632

(80.7)

1.12

(1.04–1.21)

0.002

1.09

(1.01–1.17)

0.030

Changes in work status during pregnancy

 High school or lower (n = 600)

  Not working in early pregnancy

139/178

(78.1)

1.00

  

1.00

  

  Working only in early pregnancy

33/43

(76.7)

0.98

(0.82–1.18)

0.852

0.94

(0.79–1.12)

0.492

  Working in early and middle pregnancy

273/379

(72.0)

0.92

(0.83–1.02)

0.113

0.91

(0.82–1.00)

0.048

 College (n = 1010)

  Not working in early pregnancy

182/243

(74.9)

1.00

  

1.00

  

  Working only in early pregnancy

54/61

(88.5)

1.18

(1.05–1.33)

0.005

1.20

(1.05–1.38)

0.010

  Working in early and middle pregnancy

553/706

(78.3)

1.05

(0.96–1.14)

0.287

1.04

(0.96–1.12)

0.378

 University or higher (n = 870)

  Not working in early pregnancy

151/205

(73.7)

1.00

  

1.00

  

  Working only in early pregnancy

29/33

(87.9)

1.19

(1.03–1.39)

0.022

1.13

(0.97–1.32)

0.112

  Working in early and middle pregnancy

510/632

(80.7)

1.10

(1.00–1.20)

0.048

1.10

(1.00–1.20)

0.048

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