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Table 1 Characteristics of women participating in stage one (n = 10)

From: Establishing a valid construct of fear of childbirth: findings from in-depth interviews with women and midwives

 

Range

Mean

Age (years)

 

25–43

33

Gestation (weeks)

 

31–39

35

 

N

 

Marital status

Single

2

 

Co-habiting

3

 

Married

5

 

Previous children

Primiparous

3

 

Multiparousa

7

 
  1. Note. a1 previous child. Modal gestation 37 weeks