Table 2.

Maternal Characteristics in the CDW- and MLW-Cohorts

		Cohort
Characteristic		CDW n = 201		MLW n = 252		P-value
		n	%	N	%
Maternal age (years)	<29	12	6.0	10	4.0	0.7
	20–24	56	27.9	62	24.6
	25–29	77	38.3	109	43.3
	30–34	44	21.9	57	22.6
	>34	12	6.0	14	5.6
Marital status	Cohabiting	168	83.6	232	92.1	0.014
	Single motherhood	29	14.4	19	7.5
	Other or unknown	4	2.0	1	0.4
Education	Elementary	24	11.9	15	6.0	<0.0001
	Upper secondary	91	45.3	82	32.5
	University	85	42.3	134	53.2
Worked during Pregnancy	Yes	154	76.6	232	92.1	<0.0001
	No	45	22.4	19	7.5
Smoker at 1.st prenatal visit	Non-smoker	143	71.1	208	82.5	0.003
	1–10 cigarettes/day	56	27.9	39	15.5
	> 10 cigarettes/day	0	0.0	4	1.6
	Unknown	2	1.0	1	0.4

CDW: Conventional delivery ward

MLW: midwife-led ward