Table 2.

Mothers' Knowledge of Labor-Induction Complications

	Parity		Class in Most Recent Pregnancy		Class in a Previous Pregnancy		Class in Any Pregnancy
	Parity 1	Parity 2+	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Proportion recognizing that …
… drugs used to induce labor increase the chance of the baby's distress.
	n = 122	n = 330	n = 367	n = 84	n = 145	n = 185	n = 200	n = 252
Correct	60	64	62	65	68	61	76	61
Incorrect	40	36	38	35	32	39	24	39
… induction is not supported if a baby appears to be large at the end of pregnancy.
	n = 164	n = 360	n = 414	n = 111	n = 165	n = 196	n = 240	n = 285
Correct	32	33	32	35	37	30	33	33
Incorrect	68	67	68	65	63	70	67	67
… induction does not lower the chance that a woman will give birth by cesarean.
	n = 119	n = 291	n = 334	n = 76	n = 131	n = 161	n = 189	n = 220
Correct	56	73	69	60	67	77	62	73
Incorrect	44	27	31	40	33	23	38	27

Note. Bold italics indicate differences that are significant at the .01 level.