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Table 1 Participants’ demographic characteristics (n = 306)

From: Validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the transition of primiparas becoming mothers scale

Variables

n

%

Age (years old)

(\(\stackrel{-}{\varvec{X}}\)±SS, 26.87 ± 4.62)

Under 27

148

48.5

27 years and over

157

51.5

Educational background

Primary school

11

3.6

Middle school

45

14.8

High school

130

42.6

University and above

119

39.0

Working status

I’m working

87

28.5

I am not working

218

71.5

Place of residence

Village

47

15.4

District

155

50.8

Province

103

33.8

Family type

Nuclear family

216

70.8

Extended family

89

29.2

Household income

Bad

74

24.3

Medium

161

52.8

High

70

23.0

Postnatal month

1

24

7.9

2

35

11.5

3

78

25.6

4

63

20.7

5

60

19.7

6

45

14.8

Type of birth

Normal

160

52.5

C-Section

145

47.5

Total

305

100.0