Ramadan fasting intentions among pregnant women in Lebanon

Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association

Table 4 Class analysis by independent variables proportions of response categories ^a (N = 181)

		Class 1	Class 2	Class 3	Class 4
	Category^b	0.375	0.258	0.200	0.166
Intention	0	0.0342	0.0022	0.8728	0.0031
	1	0.1865	0.0534	0.1248	0.6975
	2	0.7793	0.9444	0.0024	0.2994
Perceived physical ability	0	0.0014	0.0012	0.8396	0.0047
	1	0.0009	0.0242	0.0614	0.0024
	2	0.1136	0.0253	0.0358	0.8621
	3	0.7398	0.2697	0.003	0.1283
	4	0.1442	0.6796	0.0602	0.0026
Beliefs on Islam guidance	0	0.0776	0.0021	0.2434	0.1516
	1	0.0184	0.0012	0.0617	0.0344
	2	0.17	0.0661	0.2708	0.3536
	3	0.6919	0.5298	0.3925	0.3041
	4	0.0421	0.4009	0.0316	0.1563
Husband’s opinion importance	0	0.1498	0.1107	0.122	0.0028
	1	0.1443	0.002	0.0621	0.0029
	2	0.1636	0.1294	0.1524	0.2317
	3	0.4503	0.3065	0.361	0.3635
	4	0.092	0.4514	0.3025	0.399
Beliefs on mother’s opinion	0	0.1482	0.0717	0.7565	0.3521
	1	0.0984	0.0014	0.0317	0.1434
	2	0.2651	0.055	0.1784	0.2322
	3	0.4865	0.4319	0.0317	0.0496
	4	0.0018	0.44	0.0018	0.2227
Perceived impact on woman’s health	0	0.0009	0.0012	0.1222	0.1456
	1	0.0696	0.0294	0.304	0.2349
	2	0.0791	0.1006	0.2397	0.4333
	3	0.2089	0.0025	0.0616	0.0023
	4	0.6416	0.8662	0.2725	0.1839

^aClasses 1 and 2 represented the group of women who had the intention to fast all the month, class 3 represented the group of women who had not the intention to fast whereas class 4 represented the group of women who had the intention to fast for some days only
^bResponse categories were as follows: for intention, 0: I have no intention to fast, 1: I intend to fast for some days, 2 I have the intention to fast all month; For perceived physical ability, 0: not able to fast, 1: somewhat able to fast, 2: slightly able to fast, 3: able to fast, 4: extremely able to fast; for belief on Islam guidance, 0: discourages fasting, 1:somewhat encourages fasting, 2: slightly encourages, fasting, 3: encourages fasting, 4: extremely encourages fasting; For husband’s opinion importance, 0 not important at all, 1: somewhat important, 2: slightly important, 3: important, 4: extremely important; for belief on mother’s opinion, 0: discourages fasting, 1:somewhat encourages fasting, 2: slightly encourages, fasting, 3: encourages fasting, 4: extremely encourages fasting; for perceived impact on woman’s health, 0: not harmful at all, 1: somewhat harmful, 2: slightly harmful, 3: hamrful, 4: extremely harmful