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Table 1 Sociodemographic and obstetric characteristics of participants in phases three to five

From: A questionnaire to measure the quality of midwifery care in the postpartum period from women’s point of view: development and psychometric testing of MMAYpostpartum

 

Sample I

Sample II

 

(N = 133)

Total (N = 1485)

EFA (N = 741)

CFA (N = 744)

p-value*

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

 

Mean age, years (SD)

29

(5,6)

33

(4,3)

33

(4,3)

33

(4,4)

0,2

Migrant status

 Born in Germany

127

(95,5)

1320

(88,9)

666

(89,9)

654

(87,9)

0,2

 Not born in Germany

6

(4,5)

165

(11,1)

75

(10,1)

90

(12,1)

 

 Mother tongue: German

124

(93,2)

1334

(90,2)

671

(90,8)

663

(89,6)

0,4

 Other

9

(6,8)

145

(9,8)

68

(9,2)

77

(10,4)

 

University entrance qualification

 Yes

86

(65,2)

1193

(80,3)

596

(81,4)

597

(80,2)

0,9

 No

46

(34,8)

274

(18,5)

136

(18,6)

138

(18,8)

 

Professional qualification

 Yes

126

(94,7)

1446

(97,8)

722

(98,0)

724

(97,6)

0,6

 No

7

(5,3)

33

(2,2)

15

(2,0)

18

(2,4)

 

Net monthly household income

 < 2500 €

 

550

(38,1)

267

(37,1)

283

(39,0)

0,5

 > 2500 €

 

894

(61,9)

452

(62,9)

442

(61,0)

 

Health insurance type

 Public

104

(78,2)

1048

(71,1)

517

(70,2)

531

(71,9)

0,1

 Private

11

(8,3)

194

(13,2)

104

(14,1)

90

(12,2)

 

 Additional private

18

(13,5)

233

(15,8)

115

(15,6)

118

(16,0)

 

Parity

 Primipara

24

(18,6)

800

(45,2)

394

(54,3)

406

(44,7)

0,7

 Multipara

105

(81,4)

659

(54,8)

331

(45,7)

328

(55,3)

 

Birth mode

 Spontaneous

84

(67,7)

904

(61,8)

463

(63,2)

441

(60,3)

0,2

 Forceps/vacuum

9

(7,3)

138

(9,4)

78

(10,6)

60

(8,2)

 

 Caesarean section

31

(25,0)

422

(28,8)

192

(26,2)

230

(31,5)

 

Twins/ Multiples

 Yes

1

(0,8)

29

(98,0)

16

(2,2)

13

(98,2)

0,6

 No

132

(99,2)

1449

(2,0)

722

(97,8)

727

(1,8)

 

Premature birth (< 37 SSW)

 Yes

15

(11,3)

104

(7,0)

48

(6,5)

56

(7,6)

0,4

 No

118

(88,7)

1377

(93,0)

692

(93,5)

685

(92,4)

 

Breastfeeding

 Yes

126

(95,5)

1352

(91,4)

679

(91,6)

673

(91,1)

0,9

 No

6

(4,5)

128

(8,6)

62

(8,4)

66

(8,9)

 

Self-rated health (SF-1)

 Poor

 

22

(1,5)

12

(1,6)

10

(1,3)

1,0

 Fair

 

125

(8,4)

65

(8,8)

60

(8,1)

 

 Good

 

551

(37,2)

275

(37,3)

276

(37,1)

 

 Very good

 

511

(34,5)

250

(33,9)

261

(35,1)

 

 Excellent

 

272

(18,4)

136

(18,4)

136

(18,3)

 
  1. *p-values based on chi-square und t-test comparing the two subsamples