From: Factors influencing the clinical decision-making of midwives: a qualitative study
Characteristics | NÂ =Â 11 |
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Gender | |
 male | 1 |
 female | 10 |
Age (mean and range) | 43.8 (28–54) |
Year of graduation | 1983–2012 |
Years of experience (mean and range) | 19.6 (2–32) |
Highest level of midwifery education | |
 Bachelor in midwifery 3 years | 5 |
 Bachelor in midwifery 4 years | 4 |
 Bachelor of science in midwifery | 1 |
 Master of science in midwifery | 1 |
Midwifery-related responsibilities outside of the practice | |
 Yes | 7 |
 No | 4 |
Characteristics of the practicea | |
 Number of registered women yearly | 40–525 |
 Number of midwives | 1–6 |
 Number of registered women per midwife | 98 (40–158) |
 Duration of being on call | 24–56 h, 1 caseload midwife |
Mean working hours per weekb | 30–60 |
Practice population mainly typified as | |
-regarding level of education-: | |
 Low | 1 |
 Middle | 6 |
 High | 2 |
 Mixed | 2 |
-regarding ethnicity-: | |
 Dutch | 6 |
 Dutch and Western immigrants | 3 |
 Dutch, Western and non-Western immigrants | 2 |