Table 2. Number and percentage of caesarean by characteristics of women and care funded from public or private health care. Southeastern Brazil, February 2011 to July 2012.

Funding source	Public				Private
Variable	CS		Total	p*	CS		Total	p*
	n	%	n		n	%	n
Total	3,288	43.4	7,569	-	1,916	84.8	2,259	< 0.001
Maternal age (years)
12–19	499	33.5	1,488	< 0.001	80	62.5	128	< 0.001
20–34	2,431	45.1	5,396		1,465	85.4	1,716
35 or more	358	52.4	683		371	89.4	415
Skin colour
Indigenous	8	32.0	25	< 0.001	4	66.7	6	< 0.001
Black	365	43.7	835		79	84.0	94
Brown	1,686	40.7	4,139		663	79.5	834
Oriental	34	41.0	83		24	82.8	29
White	1,193	48.1	2,481		1,146	88.5	1,295
Education
Elementary school	1,647	39.5	4,172	< 0.001	236	71.5	330	< 0.001
High school	1,482	47.0	3,153		1,081	85.5	1,265
College or more	149	67.7	220		588	90.6	649
Marital status
With partner	2,584	45.1	5,734	< 0.001	1,688	84.9	1,989	0,799
No partner	702	38.3	1,832		225	84.3	267
Paid work
No	1,943	40.6	4,791	< 0.001	494	73.3	674	< 0.001
Yes	1,344	48.4	2,777		1,422	89.7	1,585
Economic class
A and B	682	49.6	1.376	< 0.001	1,240	87.6	1,416	< 0.001
C	2,100	43.9	4,780		619	80.5	769
D and E	489	35.7	1,371		32	71.1	45
Hospital location
Capital	2,423	47.9	5,061	< 0.001	1,311	87.8	1,493	< 0.001
Countryside	865	34.5	2,507		605	79.0	766
Previous cesarian section
No	450	17.3	2,603	< 0.001	168	48.0	350	< 0.001
Yes	1,311	81.5	1,608		641	98.2	653
Primiparae	1,526	45.5	3,357		1,107	88.1	1,256
Antenatal complications
No	1,548	37.2	4,161	< 0.001	1,143	82.9	1,378	0.002
Yes	1,740	51.1	3,408		773	87.7	881
Labour complications
No	747	32.3	2,312	< 0.001	561	83.2	674	< 0.001
Yes	846	59.6	1,419		346	93.0	372
No labour	1,695	44.2	3,838		1,009	83.2	1,213

* Chi-squared test.