Table 1 Subject characteristics according to reproductive history
From: A longitudinal study of women’s memories of their childbirth experiences at five years postpartum
Primiparous (N = 258) | Multiparous (N = 326) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | (%) | n | (%) | ||
Sociodemographic data at the time of childbirth | |||||
Age (yr) | |||||
< 25 | 19 | (7.4) | 4 | (1.2) | |
25–35 | 200 | (77.5) | 246 | (75.5) | |
> 35 | 39 | (15.1) | 76 | (23.3) | |
Marital status | |||||
Married | 255 | (98.8) | 324 | (99.4) | |
Single | 3 | (1.2) | 2 | (0.6) | |
Place of birth | |||||
Maternity home | 72 | (27.9) | 158 | (48.5) | |
Hospital | 186 | (72.1) | 168 | (51.5) | |
Education | |||||
Junior high or high school | 65 | (25.2) | 96 | (29.4) | |
Junior college or vocational school | 123 | (47.7) | 138 | (43.3) | |
College or university and above | 70 | (27.2) | 92 | (28.2) | |
House income per year (JPY) | |||||
≤ 3 million | 13 | (5.5) | 24 | (7.9) | |
3–5 million | 63 | (26.4) | 80 | (26.3) | |
5–10 million | 144 | (60.5) | 164 | (53.8) | |
≥ 10 million | 18 | (7.6) | 37 | (12.1) | |
Return to work after childbirth | |||||
Yes | 116 | (45.5) | 182 | (56.2) | |
No | 139 | (54.5) | 142 | (43.8) | |
Labor and birth data | |||||
Mode of delivery | |||||
Normal vaginal | 196 | (76.0) | 289 | (88.7) | |
Instrumental vaginal | 24 | (9.3) | 8 | (2.4) | |
Elective cesarean | 18 | (7.0) | 22 | (6.7) | |
Emergency cesarean | 20 | (7.8) | 7 | (2.1) | |
Referral | |||||
None | 255 | (98.8) | 325 | (99.7) | |
During labor | 2 | (0.8) | 0 | (0.0) | |
After childbirth | 1 | (0.4) | 1 | (0.3) | |
Birth control | |||||
Yes | 150 | (58.1) | 165 | (50.6) | |
No | 108 | (41.9) | 161 | (49.4) | |
Subsequent childbirth | |||||
Yes | 133 | (52.2) | 72 | (22.3) | |
No | 122 | (47.8) | 251 | (77.7) | |