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Table 2 Study sample

From: Dutch women in midwife-led care at the onset of labour: which pain relief do they prefer and what do they use?

Characteristics of the study sample (N = 1511)

 

N

%

PRNadata %

Age group (years)

   

  <25

100

6.6

-

  25–35

1191

78.8

-

  >35

220

14.6

-

Education level

   

  Low

157

10.4

15.5

  Medium

501

33.2

36.4

  High

853

56.5

48.2

Ethnic background b

n = 1509

  

  Dutch

1336

88.5

74.2

  Non - Dutch

173

11.5

20.8

Planned place of birth c

n = 1470

  

  Home

910

61.9

-

  Hospital

565

38.1

-

Parity

   

  Nulliparous

686

45.4

45.8

  Parous

825

54.6

54.2

  1. aData of the Dutch pregnant population (PRN. 2009).
  2. bMissing ethnic background n = 2.
  3. cMissing planned place of birth n = 41.
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