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Table 4 Characteristics of women with different types of disability and their babies compared with non-disabled women and their babies

From: Women with disability: the experience of maternity care during pregnancy, labour and birth and the postnatal period

 

Disability

 No disability

 

Physical condition or illness

Sensory

Mental health disability

Learning disability

More than one disability

Characteristics

n = 730 n (%)

n = 197 n (%)

n = 336 n (%)

n = 120 n (%)

n = 99 n (%)

(n = 22,673) n (%)

Age group (years)

**

  

**

  

<20

12 (1.6)

9 (4.6)

9 (2.7)

8 (6.8)

4 (4.04)

470 (2.1)

20–34

394 (54.0)

123 (62.4)

220 (65.5)

93 (77.5)

64 (64.7)

16990 (74.9)

35+

324 (44.4)

65 (33.0)

107 (31.9)

19 (15.8)

31 (31.3)

5213 (23.0)

Ethnic group

**

 

*

   

White

610 (83.6)

172 (87.8)

313 (93.4)

106 (88.3)

82 (83.7)

19375 (85.7)

Mixed

15 (2.1)

5 (2.6)

6 (1.8)

3 (2.5)

2 (2)

367 (1.6)

Asian or Asian British

41 (5.6)

12 (6.1)

9 (2.7)

3 (2.5)

8 (8.2)

1670 (7.4)

Black or Black British

52 (7.1)

5 (2.6)

6 (1.8)

4 (3.3)

3 (3.1)

880 (3.9)

Chinese or Other

12 (1.6)

2 (1.0)

1 (0.3)

4 (3.3)

3 (3.1)

328 (1.5)

Parity

      

Primiparous

351 (48.3)

101 (51.5)

145 (43.2)

67 (57.8)

45 (45.5)

11215 (49.6)

Multiparous

375 (51.7)

95 (48.5)

191 (56.8)

49 (42.2)

54 (54.5)

11380 (50.4)

Partner

*

*

**

**

**

 

Yes

607 (83.2)

157 (79.7)

253 (75.3)

82 (68.3)

65 (65.7)

19628 (86.6)

No

123 (16.8)

40 (20.3)

83 (24.7)

38 (31.7)

34 (34.3)

3045 (13.4)

Language at home

  

**

   

English

647 (90.9)

158 (83.2)

323 (96.7)

104 (90.4)

90 (90.9)

19789 (88.4)

Other

65 (9.1)

32 (16.8)

11 (3.3)

11 (9.6)

9 (9.1)

2588 (11.6)

Gestation at birth

**

*

*

 

**

 

> = 37 weeks

630 (87.3)

172 (87.8)

298 (89.2)

107 (92.2)

79 (81.4)

20943 (92.9)

< 37 weeks

92 (12.7)

24 (12.2)

36 (10.8)

9 (7.8)

18 (18.6)

1593 (7.1)

Birth weight

**

 

*

 

**

 

> = 2500 g

664 (92.1)

177 (93.2)

303 (91.3)

108 (93.1)

84 (85.7)

21347 (95.2)

<2500 g

57 (7.9)

13 (6.8)

29 (8.7)

8 (6.9)

14 (14.3)

1088 (4.8)

  1. *p < 0.01, **p < 0.001 Sensory disability: visually impaired, deaf and hearing impaired.