From: Prayer and meditation among Danish first time mothers—a questionnaire study
All N (%) (n = 517) | FT mothers N (%) (n = 382) | PT mothers N (%) (n = 135) | P | |
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Socioeconomic factors | ||||
Age, years mean | 29.6 | 29.5 | 29.9 | 0.44 |
Living with a partner | 461 (89) | 341 (89) | 120 (88) | 0.72 |
Bachelor level | 157 (32) | 113 (31) | 44 (35) | 0.88 |
No vocational | 47 (9) | 36 (10) | 11 (9) | |
education Short | 167 (34) | 125 (34) | 42 (33) | |
Bachelor level | 157 (32) | 113 (31) | 44 (35) | |
Master level | 122 (25) | 92 (25) | 30 (23) | |
Obstetric factors | ||||
Caesarean section | 145 (28) | 80 (21) | 65 (48) | <0.001 |
Having experienced perinatal or post partum loss | 35 (7) | 1(0.3) | 34 (25) | <0.001 |
Spiritual basic factors | ||||
Religious person | 287 (56) | 212 (56) | 75 (56) | 0.86 |
Prayer to God outside service, at least once a month | 105 (21) | 79 (22) | 26 (20) | 0.7 |
Prayer to God outside service, approx. once a year | 195 (39) | 140 (38) | 55 (42) | 0.7 |
Idea of God, believing in higher power | 181 (37) | 137 (38) | 44 (34) | 0.43 |
Idea of God, believing in God | 162 (33) | 114 (31) | 48 (38) | 0.43 |