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Table 1 Demographic variables and satisfaction with care during pregnancy, birth and the first week of the baby’s life

From: Gaining insight into how women conceptualize satisfaction: Western Australian women’s perception of their maternity care experiences

Outcome

Spontaneous birth

Assisted birth

Caesarean birth

P Value

Total

n = 195

n = 59

n = 145

n = 399

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Age (years)

  ≤ 24 years

27 (14)

2 (3)

6 (4)

0.014

35 (9)

 25–34

120 (61)

42 (71)

99 (68)

261 (65)

  ≥ 35

48 (25)

15 (25)

40 (28)

103 (26)

Parity

 Primiparous

72 (37)

45 (76)

69 (48)

<0.001

186 (47)

 Multiparous

123 (63)

14 (24)

76 (52)

213 (53)

During pregnancy

 Important to have care same midwife

98 (53)

28 (48)

77 (55)

0.715

203 (53)

 Received care from same midwife

50 (27)

14 (25)

43 (31)

0.609

107 (28)

 Important to have care same obstetrician

55 (35)

15 (29)

37 (27)

0.338

107 (31)

 Received care from same obstetrician

102 (61)

33 (63)

99 (72)

0.159

234 (66)

 Agreed care in pregnancy met needs

175 (92)

55 (93)

126 (88)

0.324

356 (90)

The birth experience

 Felt involved with birth

173 (91)

49 (83)

114 (81)

0.020

336 (87)

Felt received midwifery support

160 (83)

48 (83)

91 (63)

<0.001

299 (76)

 Felt received obstetric support

17 (9)

24 (41)

52 (36)

<0.001

93 (23)

First week of baby’s life

 Felt received care from midwife

156 (80)

53 (90)

125 (87)

0.121

334 (84)

 Felt received care from obstetrician

33 (17)

19 (32)

52 (36)

<0.001

104 (26)

 Recommend King Edward Memorial Hospital to family and friends

189 (97)

54 (92)

141 (97)

0.833

384 (96)

  1. Variables did not always add up to n = 399 due to missing values for some responses
  2. Of the n = 145 women having a caesarean birth n = 80 (55 %) had an elective caesarean and n = 65 (45 %) had an emergency caesarean