Table 1 Characteristics of participants
From: The views of pregnant women in New Zealand on vaginal seeding: a mixed-methods study
Interviewees | Questionnaire respondents | |
|---|---|---|
n | 15 | 264a |
Ethnicity | ||
European | 11 (73.3%) | 223 (84.5%) |
Māori | 2 (13.3%) | 33 (12.5%) |
Pacific | 1 (6.7%) | 4 (1.5%) |
Asian | 1 (6.7%) | 4 (1.5%) |
Highest education | ||
No qualification | nil | 7 (2.7%) |
High-school qualification | nil | 27 (10.3%) |
Post-school vocational qualification | 3 (20.0%) | 60 (22.8%) |
University degree | 12 (80.0%) | 169 (64.3%) |
Participant age (years) | ||
18 to ≤25 | nil | 16 (6.1%) |
26 to ≤35 | 6 (40.0%) | 198 (75.9%) |
≥ 36 | 9 (60.0%) | 47 (18.0%) |
Planned birth mode | ||
Elective caesarean section | 15 (100%) | 28 (10.6%) |
Vaginal | nil | 212 (80.6%) |
Unsure | nil | 23 (8.7%) |
Had heard of vaginal seeding | ||
Yes | 15 (100%) | 78 (29.5%) |
No | nil | 186 (70.5%) |