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Table 3 Independent samples t-test for metric variables between women with non-medically indicated caesarean sections and spontaneous vaginal births

From: Making the cut on caesarean section: a logistic regression analysis on factors favouring caesarean sections without medical indication in comparison to spontaneous vaginal birth

 

Non-medically indicated CS

Spontaneous vaginal birth

p-values

Number of midwives per 1,000 births

37.28

37.77

 < 0.001

Number of nursing staff per hospital bed

3.70

3.64

 < 0.001

Income per capita

CHF 38,273.26

CHF 37,152.96

 < 0.001