Childbirth preferences and related fears - comparison between Norway and Israel

Table 4 Spearman’s Rho correlations between FOC factor levels and childbirth preferences

	Preference for epidural analgesia			Preference for cesarean section
	Norway	Israel	Fisher’s Z ^a	Norway	Israel	Fisher’s Z ^a
Fear	0.32^***	0.07	5.21^***	0.30^***	0.11^*	3.97^***
Negative appraisal	0.20^***	0.06	2.84^**	0.21^***	0.05	3.25^**
Loneliness	0.17^***	−0.07	2.02^*	0.20^***	0.08	2.44^*
Lack of self-efficacy	0.31^***	0.13^**	3.78^***	0.29^***	0.07	4.55^***
Lack of positive anticipation	0.11^***	0.01	1.98^*	0.14^***	0.05	1.79
Concerns for the child	0.10^***	0.08	0.40	0.13^***	0.09	0.80

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