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Table 3 Correlation between socio-demographic factors with traumatic birth experience among primiparous women (n = 800)

From: Predictors of traumatic birth experience among a group of Iranian primipara women: a cross sectional study

Variables

n/N (%)

OR (95% CI)

P

Variables

n/N (%)

OR (95% CI)

P

Age (Years)

Job

18 to 25 (Ref)

200/533 (37.5)

1

 

Employed (Ref)

6/13 (46.1)

1

 

26–30

60/179 (33.5)

0.83 (0.58 to 1.20)

0.336

House keeper

290/787 (36.8)

0.68 (0.22 to 2.04)

0.493

31 and above

36/88 (37.5)

1.15 (0.72 to 1.82)

0.545

 

Husband’s age (Years)

 

Husband’s job

18 to 25 (Ref)

75/192 (39.0)

1

 

Employee (Ref)

19/65 (29.2)

1

 

26–30

126/352 (35.7)

0.87 (0.60 to 1.25)

0.451

Unemployed

17/45 (37.7)

1.47 (0.65 to 3.28)

0.493

31 and above

95/256 (37.1)

0.92 (0.62 to 1.35)

0.673

Manual worker

111/294 (37.7)

1.46 (0.81 to 2.63)

0.349

 

Self-employed

149/396 (37.6)

1.46 (0.82 to 2.58)

0.197

Marriage length (Years)

Marital satisfaction

5 and below (Ref)

274/723 (37.9)

1

 

Yes (Ref)

276/766 (36.0)

1

 

6 and above

22/77 (28.5)

0.65 (0.39 to 1.09)

0.109

No

20/34 (58.8)

2.53 (1.26 to 5.10)

0.009

Education level

Source of support

Illiterate or elementary

30/87 (34.4)

1.00 (0.57 to 1.74)

0.992

Husband (Ref)

152/470 (32.3)

1

 

Secondary or high school

98/268 (36.5)

1.09 (0.72 to 1.66)

0.657

Mother or father

81/176 (46.0)

1.78 (1.25 to 2.54)

0.001

Diploma

115/291 (39.5)

1.24 (0.82 to 1.87)

0.291

Sister or brother

51/116 (43.9)

1.64 (1.08 to 2.48)

0.019

Academic (Ref)

53/154 (34.4)

1

 

Friend

8/24 (33.3)

1.04 (0.43 to 2.50)

0.919

 

Nobody

4/14 (28.5)

0.83 (0.25 to 2.71)

0.766

Husband’s education

Economic status

Illiterate or elementary

38/93 (40.8)

1.46 (0.85 to 2.51)

0.161

High (Ref)

22/87 (25.2)

1

 

Secondary or high school

108/263 (41.0)

1.48 (0.97 to 2.25)

0.068

Moderate

197/542 (36.3)

1.68 (1.00 to 2.82)

0.046

Diploma

102/294 (34.6)

1.12 (0.74 to 1.71)

0.570

Low

77/171 (45.0)

2.42 (1.36 to 4.27)

0.002

Academic (Ref)

48/150 (32.0)

1

Insurance

Yes (Ref)

153/470 (32.5)

1

No

143/330 (43.3)

1.58 (1.18 to 2.11)

0.002