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Table 2 Responses on the "happiness" factor of the CBE-Scale at baseline and 5 years postpartum

From: A longitudinal study of women’s memories of their childbirth experiences at five years postpartum

Response after childbirth

Response after 5 years

Two-sample test

Concordance rate

Yes

No

I don’t remember

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

1. Was childbirth enjoyable?

 Yes

207

(85.5)

35

(14.5)

0

(0.0)

< 0.001

58.3%

 No

204

(59.8)

133

(39.0)

4

(1.2)

  

2. Did the childbirth feel good?

 Yes

147

(78.6)

37

(19.8)

3

(1.6)

< 0.001

65.2%

 No

157

(39.9)

232

(58.9)

5

(1.3)

  

3. Did you feel happy during the childbirth?

 Yes

216

(79.7)

52

(19.2)

3

(1.1)

< 0.001

59.1%

 No

179

(57.6)

128

(41.2)

4

(1.3)

  

4. Immediately after childbirth, did you feel that you wanted to have another child?

 Yes

99

(68.8)

41

(28.5)

4

(2.8)

= 0.658

66.9%

 No

144

(32.8)

291

(66.3)

4

(0.9)