Table 1.
Socio-demographic variables of Belgian and Dutch respondents
| Total | Belgium | the Netherlands | |||||
| n | Mean or % | n | Mean or % | n | Mean or % | p | |
| Higher education | 329 | 56.1 | 194 | 76.1 | 135 | 40.8 | <.001 |
| Married/cohabitating | 596 | 98.7 | 257 | 98.4 | 339 | 98.8 | .239 |
| Primiparae | 276 | 45.8 | 133 | 51.0 | 143 | 41.9 | .006 |
| Employed | 517 | 85.9 | 221 | 84.7 | 296 | 86.8 | .685 |
| Medical intervention | 133 | 22.5 | 54 | 20.8 | 79 | 23.9 | .361 |
| Planning for a home birth | 301 | 37.0 | 90 | 24.0 | 211 | 48.0 | <.001 |
| Age at first birth | - | 28.99 | - | 28.05 | - | 29.7 | <.001 |
| Age | - | 31.21 | - | 30.41 | - | 31.87 | <.001 |