Sociodemographic characteristics of women contacting a health professional at the start of labour
| Contacted a MW/hospital at start of labour | Received appropriate advice | |||
| Yes | No | Yes | No | |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
| Maternal age (years) | ||||
| <20 | 60 (87.0) | 9 (13.0) | 45 (75.0) | 15 (25.0) |
| 20–24 | 294 (91.0) | 29 (9.0) | 224 (76.2) | 70 (23.8) |
| 25–29 | 699 (90.3) | 75 (9.7) | 588 (84.1) | 111 (15.9) |
| 30–34 | 846 (86.6) | 131 (13.4) | 722 (85.3) | 124 (14.7) |
| 35–39 | 430 (85.7) | 72 (14.3) | 379 (88.1) | 51 (11.9) |
| 40+ | 71 (78.0) | 20 (22.0) | 66 (93.0) | 5 (7.0) |
| Total | 2400 (87.7) | 336 (12.3)** | 2024 (84.3) | 376 (15.7)*** |
| Parity | ||||
| Primiparous | 1199 (90.8) | 122 (9.2) | 988 (82.4) | 211 (17.6) |
| Multiparous | 1139 (84.6) | 207 (15.4) | 985 (86.5) | 154 (13.5) |
| Total | 2338 (87.7) | 329 (12.3)*** | 1973 (84.4) | 365 (15.6)** |
| Index of multiple deprivation (quintiles) | ||||
| 1 (least deprived) | 475 (88.8) | 60 (11.2) | 411 (86.5) | 64 (13.5) |
| 2 | 469 (86.4) | 74 (13.6) | 391 (83.4) | 78 (16.6) |
| 3 | 496 (89.0) | 61 (11.0) | 422 (85.1) | 74 (14.9) |
| 4 | 496 (86.1) | 80 (13.9) | 418 (84.3) | 78 (15.7) |
| 5 (most deprived) | 464 (88.4) | 61 (11.6) | 383 (82.5) | 81 (17.5) |
| Total | 2400 (87.7) | 336 (12.3) | 2025 (84.4) | 375 (15.6) |
| Black or minority ethnic group | ||||
| No | 1969 (87.4) | 285 (12.6) | 1661 (84.4) | 308 (15.6) |
| Yes | 375 (89.7) | 43 (10.3) | 314 (83.7) | 61 (16.3) |
| Total | 2344 (87.7) | 328 (12.3) | 1975 (84.3) | 369 (15.7) |
*p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001.
MW, midwife.