Table 2 Reproductive and sexual health characteristics and antenatal syphilis screening status of women recruited at delivery

Number of pregnancies

0.44

1-2

68 (42.5)

152 (46.5)

3-4

49 (30.6)

104 (31.8)

5-11

43 (26.9)

71 (21.7)

Median (interquartile range)

3 (2–5)

3 (2–4)

0.54

Ever had STI

0.83

Yes

3 (1.9)

10 (3.1)

No

154 (96.3)

310 (94.8)

Does not know

3 (1.9)

7 (2.1)

Ever had genital ulcer disease

0.82

Yes

5 (3.1)

9 (2.8)

No

155 (96.9)

318 (97.2)

Ever had yaws

0.59

Yes

3 (1.9)

5 (1.5)

No

141 (88.1)

298 (91.1)

Does not know

16 (10.0)

24 (7.3)

Condom use with regular partner

0.86

Never

148 (92.5)

301 (92.1)

Sometimes

12 (7.5)

26 (7.9)

Ever had spontaneous abortion

0.10

Yes

30 (18.7)

43 (13.2)

No

130 (81.3)

284 (86.8)

Ever had premature birth

0.96

Yes

7 (4.4)

14 (4.3)

No

153 (95.6)

313 (95.7)

Ever had stillbirth

0.37

Yes

11 (6.9)

16 (4.9)

No

149 (93.1)

311 (95.1)

^a Ever had any adverse pregnancy outcome

0.06

Yes

47 (29.4)

71 (21.7)

No

113 (70.6)

256 (78.3)

Facility where antenatal care was attended most

<0.001

Public health facility

119 (74.4)

314 (96.0)

Private health facility

41 (25.6)

13 (4.0)

Gestation at booking

0.35

Early booking (up to 26 weeks)

150 (93.8)

313 (95.7)

Late booking (after 26 weeks)

10 (6.2)

14 (4.3)

Number of antenatal care visits

0.02

1-3

36 (22.5)

46 (14.1)

4-16

124 (77.5)

281 (85.9)

Median (interquartile range)

6 (4–8)

7 (5–9)

0.001

HIV screening

0.002

Yes

126 (78.8)

293 (89.6)

No

34 (21.2)

34 (10.4)

^b Level of syphilis knowledge

0.24

Poor (scores 1–3)

66 (41.3)

117 (35.8)

Average-Good (scores 4–9)

94 (58.7)

210 (64.2)

Number of ^c IPT _p doses given

<0.001

0

18 (11.2)

13 (4.0)

1-2

75 (46.9)

118 (36.1)

3

67 (41.9)

196 (59.9)

Number of tetanus toxoid doses given

0.37

0

13 (8.1)

35 (10.7)

1-2

147 (91.9)

292 (89.3)