Table 7.
Outcomes of care by paternity leave and by parity (%), and binary logistic regression adjusting for sociodemographic variables and mode of delivery
| |
Paternity leave |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
None |
1-9 working days |
2 weeks |
More than |
|
| (n = 1257) | (n = 702) | (n = 2041) | 2 weeks (n = 589) | |
|
How woman felt physically at 3 months |
|
|
||
|
Primiparous women** |
|
|
|
|
| Very/quite well |
23.6 |
13.7 |
49.5 |
13.2 |
| Not well/ill |
29.3 |
8.6 |
41.4 |
20.7 |
| OR (95% CI) of being not well/ill |
1 (ref) |
0.50 (0.27, 0.90)* |
0.67 (0.46, 0.97)* |
1.31 (0.84, 2.04) |
|
Multiparous women** |
|
|
|
|
| Very/quite well |
29.4 |
17.8 |
40.9 |
11.9 |
| Not well/ill |
39.5 |
14.1 |
35.1 |
11.2 |
| OR (95% CI) of being not well/ill |
1 (ref) |
0.65 (0.43, 0.97)* |
0.66 (0.49, 0.90)* |
0.70 (0.45, 1.10) |
|
Depression at 1 month |
|
|
|
|
|
Primiparous women |
|
|
|
|
| Yes |
27.7 |
7.8 |
47.0 |
17.5 |
| No |
23.9 |
13.6 |
48.9 |
13.6 |
| OR (95% CI) of depression |
1 (ref) |
0.53 (0.28, .01) |
0.87 (0.58, 1.29) |
1.15 (0.70, 1.91) |
|
Multiparous women ** |
|
|
|
|
| Yes |
46.0 |
15.1 |
28.8 |
10.1 |
| No |
29.8 |
17.4 |
40.9 |
11.9 |
| OR (95% CI) of depression |
1 (ref) |
0.61 (0.36, 1.02) |
0.47 (0.31, 0.72)** |
0.55 (0.30, 1.03) |
|
Depression at 3 months |
|
|
|
|
|
Primiparous women |
|
|
|
|
| Yes |
26.8 |
7.0 |
49.3 |
16.9 |
| No |
24.1 |
13.4 |
48.7 |
13.8 |
| OR (95% CI) of depression |
1 (ref) |
0.50 (0.18, 1.37) |
0.97 (0.54, 1.74) |
1.20 (0.57, 2.55) |
|
Multiparous women ** |
|
|
|
|
| Yes |
44.0 |
15.5 |
25.0 |
15.5 |
| No |
30.2 |
17.4 |
40.7 |
11.7 |
| OR (95% CI) of depression | 1 (ref) | 0.61 (0.31, 1.17) | 0.42 (0.24, 0.74)** | 0.85 (0.43, 1.68) |
* p < 0.05 **p ≤ 0.01.