Table 1.

Sample characteristics.

		% (n)
Ethnicity	White	93.3 (758)
	Black/African/Caribbean	0.2 (2)
	Asian	2.6 (21)
	Mixed or multiple ethnic groups	2.5 (20)
	Other	1.3 (11)
Relationship status	Married/Living with partner	96.8 (793)
	Partner but not co-habiting	1.0 (8)
	Single/Separated/Divorced	2.2 (18)
Type of birth	Emergency C/S	16.2 (154)
	Elective C/S	7.4 (70)
	Assisted vaginal	16.2 (167)
	Normal vaginal	58.8 (559)
Parity	1	52.6 (429)
	2	36.6 (298)
	3	8.8 (72)
	4+	1.9 (16)

Missing data means the total N ranges from 799 to 950.