Table 2.
Maternal characteristic according to maternity clinics
| Background variables | All (n = 2 212) | Verbania (n = 320) | Genova (n = 393) | Fidenza (n = 220) | Pisa (n = 202) | Roma Fatebenefratelli (n = 511) | Roma Santo Spirito (n = 240) | Benevento (n = 326) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| Mother’s age | |||||||||
| <25 | 131 | 6.1 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 6.0 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 8.1 | 9.5 |
| 25-29 | 405 | 18.9 | 21.9 | 18.8 | 21.5 | 13.9 | 12.9 | 25.0 | 22.3 |
| 30-34 | 733 | 34.1 | 34.2 | 32.1 | 36.0 | 35.3 | 35.7 | 31.4 | 34.1 |
| 35-39 | 669 | 31.1 | 28.2 | 31.8 | 28.5 | 35.3 | 37.3 | 25.4 | 26.4 |
| 40 or more | 211 | 9.8 | 8.2 | 9.7 | 8.0 | 12.9 | 11.5 | 10.2 | 7.8 |
| Educational level | |||||||||
| Primary school | 340 | 15.4 | 28.5 | 14.0 | 18.4 | 9.5 | 4.5 | 12.5 | 25.2 |
| Secondary school | 966 | 43.9 | 45.8 | 43.5 | 45.2 | 45.0 | 38.7 | 49.2 | 45.1 |
| University | 896 | 40.7 | 25.7 | 42.5 | 36.4 | 45.5 | 56.8 | 38.3 | 29.8 |
| Marital status | |||||||||
| Married or living together | 1 974 | 90.2 | 91.8 | 83.5 | 90.2 | 92.5 | 87.6 | 99.2 | 92.6 |
| No partner | 215 | 9.8 | 8.2 | 16.5 | 9.8 | 7.5 | 12.4 | 0.8 | 7.4 |
| Citizenship | |||||||||
| Italian | 1 887 | 85.5 | 93.1 | 75.1 | 85.8 | 89.1 | 88.8 | 69.2 | 94.8 |
| Non-Italian | 321 | 14.5 | 6.9 | 24.9 | 14.2 | 10.9 | 11.2 | 30.8 | 5.2 |
| Working activity | |||||||||
| Studying | 107 | 4.9 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 7.0 | 5.9 | 7.9 | 5.3 |
| Working | 1 788 | 81.9 | 87.5 | 80.4 | 88.5 | 87.6 | 87.3 | 83.3 | 60.7 |
| Working at home (housewife) | 288 | 13.2 | 9.7 | 16.0 | 9.2 | 5.5 | 6.9 | 8.8 | 34.0 |