Skip to main content

Table 3 Contextual descriptive statistics

From: Patient-centered respectful maternity care: a factor analysis contextualizing marginalized identities, trust, and informed choice

N = 484

n (%)

Providers involved in the 12 months following most recent pregnancy

(65.9% selected more than 1)

 

 Family Doctor/Primary Care Provider

169 (34.9%)

 Certified Nurse Midwife

133 (27.5%)

 Direct Entry Midwife / Lay Midwife

40 (8.3%)

 Nurse Practitioner (NP)

115 (23.8%)

 Obstetrician/Gynecologist (OB/GYN)

363 (75.0%)

 Maternal-Fetal Medicine (MFM) Specialist/Perinatologist

130 (26.9%)

 Physician Assistant/Physician Associate (PA)

70 (14.5%)

 Other

28 (5.8%)

Where delivery took place

 

 Hospital

373 (83.1%)

 At home

27 (6.0%)

 Birth center

29 (6.5%)

 Other (please specify):

4 (0.9%)

 I did not deliver (early pregnancy loss, miscarriage, termination)

16 (3.6%)

Did you have an annual wellness visit the year before your pregnancy?

 

 Yes

305 (63.0%)

 No

154 (31.8%)

 Unsure

25 (5.2%)

Were you satisfied with the care you received at your wellness visit?

 

 Yes

297 (97.4%)

 No

8 (2.6%)

Social Risk Factors (32.2% selected more than 1)

 

 In the last 12 months, did you eat less than you felt you should because there wasn’t enough money for food?

80 (16.5%)

 In the last 12 months, has the electric, gas, oil, or water company threatened to shut off services in your home?

46 (9.5%)

 Are you worried that in the next 2 months, you may not have stable housing?

45 (9.3%)

 Do problems getting child care make it difficult for you to work or study?

226 (50.1%)

 In the last 12 months, have you needed to see a doctor, but could not because of cost?

63 (13.0%)

 In the last 12 months, have you ever had to go without health care because you didn’t have a way to get there?

31 (6.4%)

 Do you ever need help reading hospital materials?

31 (6.4%)

 Do you often feel that you lack companionship?

118 (24.4%)