Sociodemographic characteristics of women who wrote free-text comments relating to early labour compared with all respondents
| Women who wrote free-text comments relating to early labour | All women who completed the questionnaire | |
| n (%) | n (%) | |
| Maternal age (years) | ||
| 16–24 | 7 (11.9) | 640 (14.0) |
| 25–34 | 22 (37.3) | 2818 (61.6) |
| 35 or more | 30 (50.8) | 1118 (24.2) |
| Total | 59 (100) | 4576 (100) |
| Parity | ||
| Primiparous | 32 (56.1) | 2207 (49.8) |
| Multiparous | 25 (43.9) | 2223 (50.2) |
| Total | 57 (100) | 4430 (100) |
| Ethnicity | ||
| White | 49 (84.5) | 3715 (83.9) |
| BME | 9 (15.5) | 713 (16.1) |
| Total | 58 (100) | 4428 (100) |
| Index of multiple deprivation | ||
| 1 (least deprived) | 15 (25.4) | 901 (19.7) |
| 2 | 12 (20.3) | 867 (18.9) |
| 3 | 13 (22.0) | 935 (20.4) |
| 4 | 9 (15.2) | 978 (21.4) |
| 5 (most deprived) | 10 (16.9) | 896 (19.6) |
| Total | 59 (100) | 4577 (100) |
| Left FT education aged <16 years | 6 (10.3) | 757 (16.9) |
| Left FT education aged 16 years or more | 53 (89.7) | 3727 (83.1) |
| Total | 59 (100) | 4484 (100) |
BME, black and minority ethnic group; FT, full time.