Table 1. Socioeconomic, demographic, clinical and obstetric characteristics of women who received intrapartum care funded by public or private health care. Southeastern Brazil, February 2011 to July 2012.

Characteristic	Public		Private		p^b

	n	%	n	%
Maternal age (years)
12–19	1,487	19.7	128	5.7	< 0.001
20–34	5,396	71.3	1,716	76.0
35 or more	683	9.0	415	18.3
Total	7,566^a	100	2,259	100
Skin colour
Indigenous	25	0.3	5	0.2	< 0.001
Black	835	11.0	95	4.2
Brown	4,139	54.8	835	36.9
Oriental	83	1,1	30	1,3
White	2,482	32,8	1,294	57.3
Total	7,564^a	100	2,259	100
Education
Elementary school	4,172	55.3	330	14.7	< 0.001
High school	3,153	41.8	1,265	56.4
College or more	220	2.9	649	28.9
otal	7,545^a	100	2,244^a	100
Marital status
With partner	5,734	75.8	1,990	88.2	< 0.001
No partner	1,832	24.2	267	11.8
Total	7,566^a	100	2,257^a	100
Paid work
No	4,790	63.3	674	29.8	< 0.001
Yes	2,777	36.7	1,585	70.2
Total	7,567^a	100	2,259	100
Economic class
A or B	1,376	18.3	1,416	63.5	< 0.001
C	4,780	63.5	770	34.5
D or E	1,372	18.2	45	2.0
Total	7,528^a	100	2,231^a	100
Hospital location
Capital	2,507	33.1	766	33.9	0.486
Regional	5,062	66.9	1,493	66.1
Total	7,569	100	2,259	100
Previous cesarian section
No	2,603	34.4	350	15.5	< 0.001
Yes	1,608	21.2	653	28.9
Primiparae	3,358	44.4	1,256	55.6
Total	7,569	100	2,259	100
Antenatal complications
No	4,161	55.0	1,378	61.0	< 0.001
Yes	3,408	45.0	881	39.0
Total	7,569	100	2,259	100
Labour complications
No	2,312	30.5	675	29.9	0.016
Yes	1,419	18.7	372	16.5
No labour	3,838	50.8	1,212	53.6
otal	7,569	100	2,259	100

^a Missing < 10%.

^b Chi-squared test.