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Table 4 Linear regression associations between socio-demographic and pregnancy information with levels of change in perceived knowledge

From: Changes in perceived knowledge about childbirth among pregnant women participating in the Senses of Birth intervention in Brazil: a cross-sectional study

 

EBP Knowledge Domainc, d

Normal Birth Knowledge Domainc, e

Cesarean Knowledge Domainc, f

TotalbN = 940

TotalbN = 944

TotalcN = 938

Characteristics

B

P-value

B

P-value

B

P-value

Age

 19–34 years

−0.012

0.695

−0.011

0.729

−0.019

0.560

  ≥ 35 years

.

 

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Education

      

  ≤ 12 years

0.142

0.000**

0.111

0.007*

0.067

0.109^

  > 12 years

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Incomea

      

  < 2 MW

0.206

0.000**

0.140

0.007*

0.092

0.088^

 2 to < 5 MW

0.237

0.001**

0.164

0.000**

0.142

0.002*

 5 to < 10 MW

0.077

0.053*

0.083

0.040*

0.098

0.018*

  ≥ 10 MW

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Race

      

 Black and Others

0.040

0.210

0.049

0.137^

0.079

0.010*

 White

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First Pregnancy

 Yes

0.044

0.162

0.063

0.05*

0.096

0.021*

 No

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Private Health Insurance

 No

0.154

0.000**

0.191

0.000**

0.102

0.004*

 Yes

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Prenatal Care Coverage

 Private

0.146

0.001**

0.139

0.001**

0.097

0.024*

 SUS (Public)

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Pregnancy Trimester at the time of the intervention

 1st or 2nd

0.100

0.001**

0.087

0.006*

0.093

0.026*

 3rd

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  1. aMonthly Minimum Wage in 2015: R$788.00 = U$224.14
  2. bTotal varies because of missing data – Method of Listwise deletion
  3. cChange Score Variable - Continuous scale (−5 to 5)
  4. dR-square = 0.130
  5. eR-square = 0.091
  6. fR-square = 0.052
  7. *P value ≤0.05; **P value ≤0.001; ^P value ≤0.1