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Table 4 Association between age, education level, ethnicity, planned place of birth, parity and women’s preference to use medicinal pain (N = 1511)

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

 

Total Nb

No (%)

Univariable OR (CI)

MultivariableaOR (CI)

Age groups (years)

    

  <25

100

9 (9.2)

0.55 (0.27–1.11)

0.60 (0.29–1.27)

  25–35

1191

181 (15.6)

1.0

1.0

  >35

220

43 (20.2)

1.37 (0.95–1.99)

1.11 (0.74–1.67)

Level of education

    

  Low

157

22 (14.3)

0.97 (0.58–1.62)

0.93 (0.54–1.60)

  Medium

501

72 (14.7)

1.0

1.0

  High

853

139 (16.7)

1.17 (0.86–1.59)

1.11 (0.79–1.56)

Ethnic background c

    

  Dutch

1336

186 (14.2)

1.0

1.0

  Non-Dutch

173

47 (28.8)

2.45 (1.69–3.56)**

1.96 (1.31–2.94)**

Planned place of birth d

    

  Home

910

85 (9.5)

1.0

1.0

  Hospital

560

142 (26.2)

3.37 (2.51–4.52)**

3.37 (2.46–4.63)**

Parity

    

  Primiparous

686

108 (16.0)

1.03 (0.78–1.36)

0.90 (0.66–1.22)

  Parous

825

125 (15.6)

1.0

1.0

  1. aAdjusted for age, education, ethnic background, planned place of birth and parity.
  2. bMissing ‘women’s preference to use medicinal pain relief n = 47.
  3. cMissing ethnic background n = 2.
  4. dMissing place of birth n = 41, **p < 0.05, R2 = 10%.