Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of pregnant women by mode of delivery preference
| Characteristics | VB (N=939) n (%) |
CS (N=103) n (%) |
No clear preference (N=127) n (%) |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | >0.001 | |||
| Under 40 | 922 (98.2) | 92 (89.3) | 124 (97.6) | |
| 40 and above | 17 (1.8) | 11 (10.7) | 3 (2.4) | |
| Ethnicity | 0.007 | |||
| Han | 768 (81.8) | 71 (68.9) | 103 (81.1) | |
| Minority | 171 (18.2) | 32 (31.1) | 24 (18.9) | |
| Marital status | 0.209 | |||
| Unmarried | 25 (2.7) | 3 (2.9) | 7 (5.5) | |
| Married | 914 (97.3) | 100 (97.1) | 120 (94.5) | |
| Education | 0.467 | |||
| High school and below | 179 (19.1) | 25 (24.3) | 32 (25.2) | |
| Junior college | 304 (32.4) | 34 (33.0) | 42 (33.1) | |
| Bachelors | 368 (39.2) | 33 (32.0) | 41 (32.3) | |
| Masters and above | 88 (9.4) | 11 (10.7) | 12 (9.4) | |
| Annual household income | 0.444 | |||
| <50,000 RMB | 221 (23.5) | 33 (32.0) | 32 (25.2) | |
| 50,000–100,000 RMB | 469 (49.9) | 46 (44.7) | 61 (48.0) | |
| >100,000 RMB | 249 (26.5) | 24 (23.3) | 34 (26.8) | |
| Occupation | 0.793 | |||
| Public servant | 208 (22.2) | 25 (24.3) | 33 (26.0) | |
| Enterprise staff | 274 (29.2) | 21 (20.4) | 29 (22.8) | |
| Private business owner | 161 (17.1) | 20 (19.4) | 22 (17.3) | |
| Farmer and laborer | 31 (3.3) | 3 (2.9) | 5 (3.9) | |
| Unemployed | 192 (20.4) | 26 (25.2) | 27 (21.3) | |
| Other | 73 (7.8) | 8 (7.8) | 11 (8.7) | |
| Living environment | 0.628 | |||
| Urban | 530 (56.4) | 63 (61.2) | 74 (58.3) | |
| Rural | 409 (43.6) | 40 (38.8) | 53 (41.7) |
Abbreviations: VB, vaginal birth; CS, cesarean section.