Table 2.
Demographics and Labor Characteristics of the Study Population
| Characteristic | Number (%) N=81 |
| Race* | |
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 57 (70) |
| Asian | 17 (21) |
| White | 16 (20) |
| Native American | 1 (1) |
| Hispanic/Latina | 4 (5) |
| Black | 1 (1) |
| Declined to answer | 1 (1) |
| Age | |
| 25 years or less | 34 (42) |
| 26–35 years | 36 (44) |
| 36 years or more | 11 (14) |
| Gravidity | |
| 1 | 16 (20) |
| 2–3 | 37 (46) |
| 4 or more | 10 (12) |
| No response | 18 (22) |
| Parity | |
| 0 | 18 (22) |
| 1–2 | 39 (48) |
| 3 or more | 23 (28) |
| Education | |
| Grade school | 3 (4) |
| Some high school | 16 (20) |
| High school degree | 20 (25) |
| Some college | 24 (30) |
| College degree | 15 (19) |
| Advanced degree | 3 (4) |
| Previous use of a birth plan | |
| Yes | 8 (10) |
| No | 73 (90) |
| Type of Labor | |
| Spontaneous | 20 (25) |
| Augmented | 39 (48) |
| Induced | 21 (26) |
| Unable to determine | 1 (1) |
| Obstetric Procedures | |
| Cervical Ripening** | 6 (7) |
| Use of oxytocin | 41 (51) |
| Artificial rupture of membrane | 41 (51) |
| Epidural | 63 (79) |
| Type of Delivery | |
| Caesarean section | 17 (21) |
| Spontaneous Vaginal Delivery | 61 (75) |
| Forceps Assisted Vaginal Delivery | 3 (4) |
*
Respondents could indicate more than one race so the same individual could be counted in more than 1 category.
**
Use of misoprotol, cervidil or foley balloon for cervical ripening