Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the parturient women
Variable | N (%) |
|---|---|
Mother’s education | |
Illiterate | 2 (1) |
Primary | 28 (14) |
Junior high | 50 (25) |
High school | 88 (44) |
University | 30 (15) |
NS | 2 (1) |
Spouse’s education | |
Illiterate | 4 (2) |
Primary | 25 (12.5) |
Junior high | 46 (23) |
High school | 84 (42) |
University | 34 (17) |
NS | 7 (3.5) |
Mother’s job | |
Housewife | 163 (81.5) |
Employed | 11 (5.5) |
Self-employed | 16 (8) |
NS | 10 (5) |
Spouse’s job | |
Homemaker | 7 (3.5) |
Employed | 22 (11) |
Self-employed | 168 (84) |
NS | 3 (1.5) |
Satisfaction with the economic status | |
Very unhappy | 6 (3) |
Unhappy | 27 (13.5) |
Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied | 58 (29) |
Satisfied | 93 (46.5) |
Very satisfied | 11 (5.5) |
NS | 5 (2.5) |
Ethnicity | |
Fars | 153 (76.5) |
Turk | 23 (11.5) |
Lur | 19 (9.5) |
NS | 5 (2.5) |
Parity | |
1 | 75 (37.5) |
2 | 71 (35.5) |
3 | 18 (9) |
4 | 31 (15.5) |
5 | 5 (2.5) |
History of abortion | |
Yes | 33 (16.5) |
No | 144 (72) |
NS | 23 (11.5) |
Delivery with the help of an accompanying doula | |
Yes | 40 (20) |
No | 127 (63.5) |
NS | 33 (16.5) |