Birth control: to what extent do women report being informed and involved in decisions about pregnancy and birth procedures?

Table 2 Background and care characteristics of survey respondents (n = 3530)

	Sample		Population*
	Freq.	%	%
Age at birth
<25 years	459	13.7%	22.9%
25-29 years	987	29.5%	28.4%
30-34 years	1130	33.7%	28.9%
35-39 years	646	19.3%	16.4%
40+ years	129	3.8%	3.5%
Highest level of education
No formal qualifications	40	1.2%	-
Year 10 or equivalent^#	301	8.7%	-
Year 12 or equivalent^{^}	679	19.6%	-
Trade/Apprenticeship/Certificate/Diploma	1023	29.5%	-
University degree/Postgraduate degree	1423	41.1%	-
Remoteness of residence
Major city	2221	63.6%	59.4%
Inner regional	671	19.2%	20.4%
Outer regional	485	13.9%	16.0%
Remote and very remote	88	2.5%	3.1%
Not applicable/Outside Queensland	29	0.8%	1.0%
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander identification
None	3390	98.1%	94.2%
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander	67	1.9%	5.8%
Country of birth
Australia	2766	79.7%	77.4%
Other country	705	20.3%	22.6%
Parity
Primiparous	1576	45.3%	40.8%
Multiparous	1906	54.7%	59.2%
Birth plurality
Singleton	3406	96.5%	98.4%
Multiple	124	3.5%	1.6%
Place of birth
Public hospital	1916	55.1%	68.0%
Private hospital	1460	42.0%	30.1%
Public birth centre	68	2.0%	1.1%
Home (Planned)	22	0.6%	0.1%
Other	13	0.4%	0.7%

Note. Frequencies may not sum to the total due to occasional cases of missing data. *Data were for the entire birthing population in Queensland, Australia in 2010 [23]. ^#The compulsory level of secondary (high) school required in Queensland. ^{^}The final year of secondary (high) school in Queensland.

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