Table 2.
Fathers’ involvement in individual aspects of pregnancy, childbirth and early parenting by parity (excluding same sex and single parents) (%)
|
Primiparous women |
Multiparous women |
All women |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 2286) | (n = 2330) | (n = 4616) | |
|
Pregnancy and labour |
|
|
|
| Overjoyed/pleased in reaction to pregnancy (4199) |
82.4 |
82.6 |
82.5 |
| Present for pregnancy test* (3121) |
66.7 |
56.6 |
61.7 |
| Present for 1 or more AN check* (3175) |
73.3 |
51.5 |
62.5 |
| Present for 1 or more ultrasound scan* (4588) |
91.2 |
86.3 |
88.8 |
| Present for 1 or more AN class* (1707) |
59.9 |
7.7 |
34.2 |
| Present for labour* (4657) |
91.7 |
88.3 |
90.0 |
| Not present for any of the above (125) |
2.6 |
2.5 |
2.6 |
|
Information and decision-making |
|
|
|
| Involved in finding information about pregnancy* (2044) |
54.5 |
27.0 |
40.9 |
| Involved in finding information about labour/birth* (1947) |
51.8 |
25.8 |
38.9 |
| Involved in making a birth plan* (2300) |
65.1 |
50.2 |
57.7 |
| Involved in decision-making regarding AN screening* (2916) |
55.9 |
35.7 |
45.8 |
| Involved in decision-making in labour* (2769) |
60.0 |
49.5 |
54.8 |
| Not involved in any of the above* (815) |
11.5 |
21.7 |
16.6 |
|
Staff Communication |
|
|
|
| Antenatally staff communication rated as good or very good* (3948) |
82.6 |
78.7 |
80.7 |
| Intrapartum staff communication rated as good or very good (4326) |
87.6 |
88.0 |
87.8 |
| Postnatally staff communication rated as good or very good (3653) |
73.6 |
75.6 |
74.6 |
|
Paternity leave * |
|
|
|
| No time off (808) |
24.2 |
30.7 |
27.5 |
| Less than two weeks off (744) |
13.2 |
17.3 |
15.3 |
| Two weeks off (2142) |
48.7 |
40.2 |
44.4 |
| More than two weeks off (625) |
13.9 |
11.8 |
12.8 |
|
Father involvement postnatally (a great deal/a bit) |
89.5 |
84.3 |
86.9 |
| Nappy changing* (4419) | |||
| Helping/supporting feeding* (4440) |
90.1 |
84.5 |
87.3 |
| Helping when the baby cries (4731) |
93.2 |
92.9 |
93.0 |
| Bathing the baby* (3932) |
85.3 |
69.3 |
77.3 |
| Playing with the baby (4909) |
96.9 |
96.2 |
96.5 |
| Looking after the baby when mother out/at work (4012) | 81.5 | 76.3 | 78.9 |
* p < 0.01 AN antenatal, IP intra-partum, PN postnatal.