Table 2 Baseline and pregnancy related characteristics and labour outcomes for planned place of birth of women in the primary care setting at the start of labour

 Parity, n (%)

< 0.001

  Primiparous

  Multiparous

 Gestational age, n (%)

0.19

  37 weeks

  38–40 weeks

  41 weeks

 Maternal age, n (%)

0.02

   < 25 years

  25–35 years

   > 35 years

 Ethnic background, n (%)

< 0.001

  Dutch

  Western background

  Non-western background

 Socioeconomic position, n (%)

0.57

  1st tertile

  2nd tertile

  3rd tertile

 Experience of labour pain, mean (sd)

  first stage

< 0.001

  second stage

0.001

 General rating of care by caregiver, mean (sd)

0.001

 Quality of treatment, mean (sd)

< 0.001

 Transfer during labour, n (% referred)

< 0.001

 Medical pain relief^a, n (% yes)

< 0.001

 Instrumental/ operative delivery, n (%)

0.02

  Vacuum−/ forceps extraction

  Secondary caesarean section

 Augmentation, n (% yes)

0.001

 Apgar score < 7, n (%)

0.47

 Complications directly postpartum, n (%)

0.72