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Table 1 Parents characteristics at the time of delivery

From: “That was intense!” Spirituality during childbirth: a mixed-method comparative study of mothers’ and fathers’ experiences in a public hospital

Characteristics

Mothers

Fathers

Age, mean (SD)

28.7 (4.88)

31.1 (4.88)

Marital Status, % (n)

 Married

23.4 (46)

23.5 (46)

 Common Law Spouse

72.6 (143)

73.5 (144)

 Other

4.0 (8)

3.0 (6)

Education level, % (n)

 Primary

1.0 (2)

3.1 (6)

 Secondary

17.3 (34)

22.4 (44)

 Professional Studies diploma

16.3 (32)

27.1 (53)

 College

26.0 (51)

15.8 (31)

 University

39.3 (77)

31.6 (62)

Working status, a % (n)

85.8 (169)

95.4 (188)

Religious affiliation, % (n)

54.7 (105)

51.8 (100)

Born in Canada, % (n)

91.9 (181)

92.3 (179)

  1. aBefore pregnancy for mothers. Owing to missing data, the numbers for each variable might not add up to the same total