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Table 1 Socio-demographic background

From: Perineal injuries and birth positions among 2992 women with a low risk pregnancy who opted for a homebirth

 

Total

Norway

Sweden

Denmark

Iceland

Chi2test

 

N = 2992

N = 468

N = 438

N = 1799

N = 287

p-value

 

n(%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

 

Age groups

     

<0.001

 <25 years

202 (6.8)

26 (5.6)

24 (5.5)

119 (6.6)

33 (11.5)

 

 25-34 years

1923 (64.3)

295 (63.0)

234 (53.4)

1188 (66.0)

206 (72.0)

 

 >35 years

850 (28.4)

145 (31.0)

177 (40.4)

481 (26.7)

47 (16.4)

 

 Missing

17 (0.6)

2 (0.4)

3 (0.7)

11 (0.6)

1 (0.3)

 

Marital status

     

<0.001

 Married/cohabit

2918 (97.5)

449 (95.7)

407 (92.9)

1779 (98.9)

284 (99.0)

 

 Not married/cohabit

51 (1.7)

17 (3.6)

13 (3.0)

20 (1.1)

1 (0.3)

 

 Missing

23 (0.8)

3 (0.6)

18 (4.1)

0

2 (0.7)

 

Tobacco use

     

<0.001

 Yes

198 (6.6)

16 (3.4)

5 (1.1)

167 (9.3)

10 (3.5)

 

 No

2735 (91.4)

450 (96.2)

425 (97.0)

1587 (88.2)

273 (95.1)

 

 Missing

59 (2.0)

2 (0.4)

8 (1.8)

45 (2.5)

4 (1.4)

 

Number of children

     

0.004

 First baby

524 (17.5)

80 (17.1)

70 (16.0)

313 (17.4)

61 (21.3)

 

 One previous child

1257 (42.0)

175 (37.4)

208 (47.5)

753 (41.9)

121 (42.2)

 

 Two previous children

828 (27.7)

137 (29.3)

113 (25.8)

494 (27.5)

84 (29.3)

 

 Three or more previous children

322 (10.8)

74 (15.8)

46 (10.5)

182 (10.1)

20 (7.0)

 

 Missing

61 (2.0)

2 (0.4)

1 (0.2)

57 (3.2)

1 (0.3)

 

Body Mass Index (BMI), mean (SD)

     

BMI-groups

     

0.001

 <18.5

101 (3.4)

16 (3.4)

16 (4.7)

60 (3.3)

9 (3.1)

 

 18,5-24.9

1943 (64.9)

289 (61.8)

260 (59.4)

1220 (67.8)

174 (60.6)

 

 25.0-29.9

516 (17.2)

87 (18.6)

51 (11.6)

323 (18.0)

55 (19.9)

 

 >30

196 (6.6)

25 (5.3)

17 (3.9)

116 (6.4)

38 (13.2)

 

 Missing

236 (7.9)

51 (10.9)

94 (21.5)

80 (4.4)

11 (3.8)