Table 4.
Stratified Analysis of Communication Scores Before and After Delivery
| Characteristic | Before delivery Mean (SD) | After delivery Mean (SD) | P-value |
| Parity* | |||
| Nulliparous (n=18) | 7.6 (2.1) | 8.5 (2.2) | .11 |
| Parous (n=63) | 8.2 (2.2) | 8.7 (2.2) | .13 |
| Race** | |||
| Native Hawaiian (n=57) | 8.3 (1.9) | 8.7 (2.2) | .29 |
| Asian (n=17) | 8.1 (2.2) | 9.2 (1.4) | .10 |
| White (n=16) | 8.4 (1.7) | 7.9 (2.8) | .55 |
| Education** | |||
| High school or less (n=39) | 8.1 (2.3) | 8.7 (2.2) | .08 |
| Some college (n=24) | 8.3 (2.0) | 8.5 (2.4) | .72 |
| College degree (n=18) | 7.7 (2.2) | 8.7 (1.8) | .13 |
| Age** | |||
| 25 years or less (n=34) | 8.3 (2.5) | 8.7 (2.3) | .34 |
| 26–35 years (n=36) | 7.8 (2.0) | 8.6 (2.2) | .10 |
| 36 years or more (n=11) | 7.9 (1.7) | 8.4 (1.3) | .36 |
*
Compared using a paired t-test.
**
Compared using ANOVA.