4.1. Socio-personal characteristics

4.1. Socio-personal characteristics Majority (69%) of the pregnant women were nulliparous. More than half (60%) of them were in the age group 20–24 years. Most (93%) of the women had high school education and above, of which 7.4% had post-graduation and 2% were professionals. Majorities (81.6%) were housewives and 80% belonged to nuclear families. Only 9.6% of the women had a history of abortion due to unknown reasons. Almost all (96%) of them reported having good support system and satisfied marital life (88%). There was no reported family history of mental illness or drug addiction. Forty-three percentages of women had spouse with smoking habit and 12.2% had spouse who consumed alcohol.