Table 4.

Labor and birth assistance, interventions and outcome in relation to parity

All postpartum women (n = 621#)	all women yes (n) %	primiparae yes (n) %	multiparae yes (n) %
known care provider ***	(339) 54.6%	(125) 44.6%	(214) 62.6%
spontaneous birth***	(255) 41.1%	(87) 31.1%	(168) 49.3%
caesarean section	(57) 9.2%	(29) 10.4%	(28) 8.2%
vacuum/forceps**	(28) 4.5%	(20) 7.1%	(8) 2.3%
induction of labor	(52) 8.4%	(20) 7.1%	(32) 9.4%
augmentation of labor*	(29) 4.7%	(19) 6.8%	(10) 2.9%
AROM	(128) 20.6%	(55) 19.6%	(73) 21.4%
referral during labor/birth ***	(124) 20.0%	(80) 28.6%	(44) 13,9%
pain medication ***	(168) 27.1%	(115) 41.1%	(53) 15.5%

# no data about parity of 11 women (see table 3)

*p < 0.05 **p < 0.01 *** p < 0.001