Birth attendant | •Which type of maternity care provider delivered your baby on [date]? •An obstetrician-gynecologist doctor (OB or ob/gyn) |
•A family medicine doctor | |
•A doctor but I’m not sure what type | |
•A midwife (CNM) | |
•A nurse practitioner (NP) or other nurse who is not a Midwife | |
•A physician assistant (PA) | |
•Other, please tell us: | |
Race/ethnicity | Blending of two questions: |
Which of the following best describes how you identify yourself? Please select all that apply. | |
•White | |
•Black or African American | |
•Asian | |
•American Indian or Alaskan Native | |
•Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | |
•Something else. Please tell us: | |
Are you of Hispanic, Latina or Spanish descent? | |
•Yes | |
•No | |
Age | How old were you when your recent baby was born? |
Marital status | At the time you gave birth, were you…? |
•Married | |
•Living with someone as if married | |
•Separated, divorced or widowed | |
•Single, never married | |
Birthplace | In what country were you born? |
•United States | |
•Some other country but born as US citizen | |
•Some other country | |
Education | What is the highest level of education you have completed or the highest degree you have received? |
•Less than high school | |
•Some high school | |
•High school diploma or GED | |
•Some college, but no degree | |
•Associate’s degree | |
•College (such as B.A., B.S.) | |
•Some graduate school, but no degree | |
•Graduate school (such as M.S., M.D., Ph.D.) | |
Insurer | At the time of your recent birth, what insurance did you have to pay for your maternity care (including provider and hospital bills)? Select all that apply. |
•Medi-Cal | |
•A health plan paid for by Medi-Cal | |
•Private insurance through your job or the job of your spouse, partner or parent | |
•Private insurance bought from a health insurance company or plan, or through Covered CA | |
•Other [Name of plan:] | |
NOTE: In all analyses, Medi-Cal as insurer was based on a paid childbirth claim in the state Medi-Cal database | |
Parity | In all, how many babies have you had? Please include your new baby. |
Preterm birth | Based on cross-referencing answers to questions on due date and date of delivery |
Attitude Toward Birth Process | How much do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Childbirth is a process that should not be interfered with unless medically necessary. Do you…? |
•Agree strongly | |
•Agree somewhat | |
•Neither agree nor disagree | |
•Disagree somewhat | |
•Disagree strongly | |
Planned Vaginal | Combination of two questions (all vaginal births plus those cases of cesareans where respondent indicated the decision was made after labor began): |
When you recently gave birth, was your baby born vaginally or by C-section? | |
•Vaginally | |
•By C-section (surgery) | |
You told us that your recent birth on [date] was a C-section. Was the C-section planned ahead of time, that is, was the decision to have a C-section made before you went into labor? | |
•Yes, it was planned before I went into labor | |
•No, the decision was made after my labor started | |
Any attempted labor induction | By “inducing labor,” we mean using medicine or some other method to try to start the regular contractions of childbirth – before they start on their own. Did your maternity care provider try to induce your labor in any way? |
•Yes | |
•No | |
Methods of induction | How did your maternity care provider try to start your labor? Please select all that apply. |
•Inserted a finger into the opening to my womb to “sweep” or “strip” the membranes loose | |
•Broke and released my water before the start of labor contractions | |
•Gave the medicine Pitocin through an IV drip before the start of labor contractions | |
•Tried to start my labor some other way. Please tell us: | |
Reasons for induction | Why did your maternity care provider try to start your labor? Please select all that apply. |
•My baby was getting too big | |
•They were worried that I was “overdue” | |
•My water had broken and they worried about infection | |
•The baby needed to be born soon due to a health problem (for one or both of us) | |
•I wanted to control the timing for work or other nonmedical reasons | |
•I wanted to give birth with a specific provider | |
•Baby was full term: it was close to my due date | |
•Some other reason. Please tell us: | |
Induction start labor? | Did the medicine or other method used by your maternity care provider actually start your labor? |
•Yes | |
•No | |
•Not sure | |
Felt pressure to have an induction of labor | Did you feel pressure from any health professional to induce labor (use medicine or some other method to start your labor)? |
•Yes | |
•No | |
Broke water (amniotomy) after labor onseta | During your labor, did someone break your bag of water after labor contractions had begun? |
•Yes | |
•No | |
•Not sure | |
Synthetic oxytocin to augment labor | During your labor, did someone give you the drug Pitocin (“pit” or oxytocin) to speed up labor after labor contractions had begun? |
•Yes | |
•No | |
•Not sure |