Table 1.

 Characteristics of women randomised to receive an intervention designed to prevent urinary incontinence after giving birth and controls. Values are numbers (percentages)

	Intervention (n=348)	Usual care (n=328)
Age group:
15-19	15 (4)	27 (8)
20-24	69 (19)	62 (18)
25-29	128 (35)	125 (36)
30-34	118 (32)	92 (26)
35-39	34 (9)	41 (12)
40-44	6 (2)	3 (1)
No of pregnancies:
One	198 (54)	187 (53)
Two	98 (27)	95 (27)
Three	60 (16)	44 (13)
Four or more	14 (4)	24 (7)
Marital status:
Married or cohabiting	397 (91)	306 (87)
Single	31 (8)	40 (11)
Widowed, divorced, or separated	2 (1)	2 (1)
Other	0 (0)	2 (1)
Education:
Not completed high school	141 (38)	145 (42)
Completed high school	86 (23)	64 (18)
Tertiary	143 (39)	141 (40)