Sociodemographic characteristics of women with worries about early labour
| Worry about knowing when labour would start (Missing=106) | Worry about getting to hospital in time (Missing=112) | |||
| Very/quite worried | Not very/at all worried | Very/quite worried | Not very/at all worried | |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
| Maternal age (years) | ||||
| <20 | 40 (51.9) | 37 (48.1) | 54 (69.2) | 24 (30.8) |
| 20–24 | 159 (46.2) | 185 (53.8) | 209 (60.6) | 136 (39.4) |
| 25–29 | 441 (53.3) | 386 (46.7) | 510 (61.6) | 318 (38.4) |
| 30–34 | 579 (54.0) | 494 (46.0) | 673 (62.9) | 397 (37.1) |
| 35–39 | 298 (53.2) | 262 (46.8) | 338 (61.1) | 215 (38.9) |
| 40+ | 61 (55.0) | 50 (45.0) | 71 (63.4) | 41 (36.6) |
| Total | 1578 (52.7) | 1414 (47.3) | 1855 (62.1) | 1131 (37.9) |
| Missing=1 | ||||
| Parity | ||||
| Primiparous | 713 (49.3) | 733 (50.7) | 944 (65.4) | 499 (34.6) |
| Multiparous | 834 (56.7) | 637 (43.3) | 866 (59.1) | 600 (40.9) |
| Total | 1547 (53.0) | 1370 (47.0)*** | 1810 (62.2) | 1099 (37.8)*** |
| Missing=104 | ||||
| Index of multiple deprivation (quintiles) | ||||
| 1 (least deprived) | 322 (55.0) | 263 (45.0) | 370 (63.4) | 214 (36.6) |
| 2 | 315 (54.1) | 267 (45.9) | 367 (62.8) | 217 (37.2) |
| 3 | 329 (53.8) | 282 (46.2) | 381 (62.7) | 227 (37.3) |
| 4 | 317 (49.3) | 326 (50.7) | 389 (60.6) | 253 (39.4) |
| 5 (most deprived) | 296 (51.8) | 275 (48.2) | 348 (61.3) | 220 (38.7) |
| Total | 1579 (52.8) | 1413 (47.2) | 1855 (62.1) | 1131 (37.9) |
| Missing=1 | ||||
| Black or minority ethnic group | ||||
| No | 1341 (55.0) | 1098 (45.0) | 1557 (63.7) | 886 (36.3) |
| Yes | 195 (41.0) | 281 (59.0) | 251 (53.3) | 220 (46.7) |
| Total | 1536 (52.7) | 1379 (47.3)*** | 1808 (62.0) | 1106 (38.0)*** |
| Missing=109 | ||||
*p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001.