Table 3.

Mothers' Knowledge of Cesarean 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 cesarean …
… increases the chance of serious problems with the placenta in any future pregnancies.
	n = 116	n = 287	n = 302	n = 103	n = 124	n = 166	n = 155	n = 252
Correct	41	55	44	42	49	42	45	42
Incorrect	59	45	56	58	51	58	55	58
… increases the chance that a woman will have a blood transfusion or emergency hysterectomy.
	n = 131	n = 304	n = 319	n = 116	n = 126	n = 176	n = 165	n = 270
Correct	43	55	47	37	49	42	51	59
Incorrect	57	45	53	63	51	58	49	41
… does not lower the chance that a baby will have breathing problems at the time of birth.
	n = 126	n = 296	n = 317	n = 105	n = 126	n = 170	n = 167	n = 254
Correct	69	60	62	64	56	63	61	64
Incorrect	31	40	38	36	44	37	39	36
… does not prevent problems with incontinence later in life
	n = 122	n = 289	n = 301	n = 111	n = 117	n = 174	n = 153	n = 259
Correct	49	50	52	44	54	47	53	48
Incorrect	51	50	48	56	46	53	47	52