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Table 2 Characteristics of respondents versus non-respondents, numbers (column percentages) of Danish first-time mothers invited to a cross-sectional survey on existential meaning-making in 2011

From: Prayer and meditation among Danish first time mothers—a questionnaire study

 

Non-respondents Respondents n (%)

Respondents n (%)

P

 

396 (43)

517 (57)

 

Term mothers

276 (70)

382 (74)

0.16

Preterm mothers

120 (30)

135 (26)

 

Age, years mean

396 (27.9)

517 (29.6)

<0,001

Married/civil partnership

174 (44)

217 (42)

0.52

Not married, cohabitinga

214 (54)

294 (56)

 

Membership of the Danish

   

national church: Yes

283 (72)

423 (82)

<0.001

No

113 (28)

94 (18)

 

Caesarean birth

119 (30)

145 (28)

0.88

Vaginal birth

277 (70)

372 (72)

Mothers not experiencing perinatal or post partum loss

358 (90)

482 (93)

0.12

Mothers experiencing perinatal or post partum loss

38 (10)

35 (7)

  1. aWidows and divorced mothers not included (n = 14)