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. 2018 Dec;67:87–94. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2018.09.008

Table 3.

Logistic regression showing women's experiences of care, by recency of migration, stratified by region of origin.

UK Resident 3 years or fewer
Resident 4 years or more
All Accession countries Rest of world All Accession countries Rest of world
Total N (% of total sample) 4108 (83.3) 166 (3.3) 36 (0.7) 130 (2.6) 655 (13.3) 119 (2.4) 536 (10.9)
Antenatal care
MWs spoke so they could be understood
N (% of group)⁎⁎ 4105 (97.2) 157 (94.7) 37 (91.8) 120 (95.7) 576 (94.3) 108 (92.8) 468 (94.6)
Unadjusted OR (95% CI) 1 0.51 (0.24, 1.08) 0.32 (0.09, 1.08) 0.63 (0.25, 1.60) 0.47 (0.31, 0.70 0.37 (0.16, 0.82) 0.50 (0.32, 0.78)
Adjusted OR (95% CI)1 1 0.52 (0.25, 1.11) 0.36 (0.10, 1.25) 0.62 (0.25, 1.56) 0.39 (0.26, 0.58) 0.39 (0.18, 0.87) 0.39 (0.25, 0.61)
MWs kind & respectful
N (%)⁎⁎⁎ 3875 (94.4) 148 (89.7) 30 (76.1) 117 (94.0) 538 (88.4) 93 (81.1) 445 (90.1)
Unadjusted OR (95% CI) 1 0.52 (0.30, 0.89) 0.19 (0.08, 0.42) 0.94 (0.45, 1.96) 0.45 (0.34, 0.61) 0.26 (0.15, 0.43) 0.54 (0.39, 0.75)
Adjusted OR (95% CI)1 1 0.51 (0.29, 0.89) 0.19 (0.08, 0.43) 0.92 (0.43, 1.94) 0.42 (0.31, 0.57) 0.28 (0.17, 0.48) 0.49 (0.35, 0.68)
Overall, very satisfied with AN care
N (%)⁎⁎⁎ 2048 (49.9) 71 (41.5) 13 (32.8) 58 (44.1) 245 (40.1) 39 (33.1) 206 (41.7)
Unadjusted OR (95% CI) 1 0.71 (0.52, 0.98) 0.49 (0.24, 0.99) 0.79 (0.55, 1.14) 0.67 (0.57, 0.80) 0.50 (0.33, 0.74) 0.72 (0.60, 0.87)
Adjusted OR (95% CI)1 1 0.78 (0.56, 1.09) 0.60 (0.29, 1.25) 0.84 (0.58, 1.21) 0.64 (0.54, 0.76) 0.48 (0.32, 0.73) 0.69 (0.57.0.83)
Intrapartum care
Staff communication very good
N (%)⁎⁎ 2796 (68.2) 115 (66.2) 27 (68.4) 87 (65.5) 366 (59.9) 70 (60.4) 296 (59.8)
Unadjusted OR (95% CI) 1 0.91 (0.65, 1.27) 1.01 (0.49, 2.08) 0.89 (0.61, 1.29) 0.70 (0.58, 0.83) 0.71 (0.48, 1.05) 0.69 (0.57, 0.84)
Adjusted OR (95% CI)1 1 0.97 (0.68, 1.38) 1.12 (0.52, 2.41) 0.94 (0.63, 1.39) 0.68 (0.57, 0.82) 0.79 (0.54, 1.17) 0.66 (0.54, 0.80)
Confidence and trust always
N (%)⁎⁎⁎ 3103 (76.1) 128 (74.2) 32 (80.8) 96 (72.2) 393 (64.6) 68 (58.4) 326 (66.1)
Unadjusted OR (95% CI) 1 0.90 (0.63, 1.30) 1.33 (0.57, 3.09) 0.82 (0.55, 1.22) 0.57 (0.46, 0.68) 0.44 (0.30, 0.65) 0.61 (0.50, 0.75)
Adjusted OR (95% CI)1 1 0.98 (0.67, 1.44) 1.64 (0.65, 4.15) 0.86 (0.57, 1.30) 0.56 (0.46, 0.68) 0.48 (0.32, 0.70) 0.58 (0.48, 0.72)
Not left alone and worried at all
N (%)* 3103 (76.3) 125 (73.5) 28 (70.9) 97 (74.3) 422 (70.2) 76 (66.9) 346 (71.0)
Unadjusted OR (95% CI) 1 0.86 (0.60, 1.24) 0.76 (0.37, 1.56) 0.90 (0.59, 1.36) 0.73 (0.61, 0.89) 0.63 (0.42, 0.95) 0.76 (0.62, 0.94)
Adjusted OR (95% CI)1 1 0.94 (0.64, 1.38) 0.95 (0.43, 2.09) 0.93 (0.60, 1.44) 0.70 (0.58, 0.85) 0.64 (0.42, 0.97) 0.72 (0.58, 0.89)
MWs spoke so they could be understood
N (%)⁎⁎⁎ 3948 (96.5) 156 (92.2) 34 (85.8) 121 (94.2) 574 (93.7) 104 (88.3) 470 (95.0)
Unadjusted OR (95% CI) 1 0.43 (0.23, 0.94) 0.22 (0.08, 0.57) 0.58 (0.26, 1.30) 0.53 (0.37, 0.77) 0.27 (0.15, 0.50) 0.68 (0.44, 1.04)
Adjusted OR (95% CI)1 1 0.49 (0.25, 0.94) 0.30 (0.10, 0.90) 0.60 (0.27, 1.34) 0.47 (0.32, 0.68) 0.28 (0.15, 0.52) 0.58 (0.37, 0.90)
MWs kind and respectful
N (%)⁎⁎⁎ 3824 (93.8) 147 (87.2) 29 (73.4) 118 (91.4) 539 (88.5) 100 (86.8) 438 (88.9)
Unadjusted OR (95% CI) 1 0.45 (0.27, 0.73) 0.18 (0.08, 0.39) 0.70 (0.37, 1.34) 0.51 (0.38, 0.68) 0.43 (0.24, 0.78) 0.53 (0.36, 0.72)
Adjusted OR (95% CI)1 1 0.49 (0.29, 0.83) 0.24 (0.10, 0.55) 0.69 (0.36, 1.32) 0.49 (0.37, 0.66) 0.43 (0.24, 0.76) 0.51 (0.37, 0.71)
Overall, very satisfied with care during labour and birth
N (%)⁎⁎⁎ 2525 (61.6) 82 (47.7) 15 (38.8) 66 (50.4) 276 (45.3) 49 (42.0) 227 (46.0)
Unadjusted OR (95% CI) 1 0.57 (0.41, 0.78) 0.39 (0.20, 0.78) 0.63 (0.44, 0.91) 0.52 (0.43, 0.61) 0.45 (0.31, 0.66) 0.53 (0.44, 0.64)
Adjusted OR (95% CI)1 1 0.62 (0.44, 0.86) 0.46 (0.22, 0.93) 0.67 (0.46, 0.97) 0.52 (0.44, 0.62) 0.48 (0.33, 0.70) 0.54 (0.44, 0.65)
PN care in hospital
MWs spoke so they could be understood
N (%) 3611 (94.2) 151 (92.2) 33 (86.5) 118 (93.9) 523 (93.0) 103 (91.4) 420 (93.4)
Unadjusted OR (95% CI) 1 0.73 (0.40, 1.32) 0.40 (0.15, 1.04) 0.95 (0.46, 1.99) 0.81 (0.57, 1.16) 0.65 (0.31, 1.37) 0.86 (0.59, 1.27)
Adjusted OR (95% CI)1 1 0.74 (0.40, 1.36) 0.43 (0.15, 1.21) 0.94 (0.45, 2.00) 0.70 (0.49, 1.01) 0.69 (0.33, 1.42) 0.71 (0.48, 1.05)
MWs kind and respectful
N (%)⁎⁎⁎ 3389 (88.9) 136 (84.1) 28 (73.6) 108 (87.4) 471 (84.2) 93 (83.2) 379 (84.4)
Unadjusted OR (95% CI) 1 0.66 (0.43, 1.03) 0.35 (0.16, 0.76) 0.86 (0.51, 1.47) 0.66 (0.52, 0.86) 0.62 (0.36, 1.06) 0.68 (0.51, 0.89)
Adjusted OR (95% CI)1 1 0.65 (0.41, 1.04) 0.38 (0.17, 0.89) 0.80 (0.46, 1.40) 0.59 (0.45, 0.76) 0.63 (0.37, 1.06) 0.58 (0.43, 0.77)
Overall, very satisfied with postnatal care
N (%) 1616 (39.3) 66 (38.7) 15 (36.6) 52 (39.3) 209 (34.3) 41 (34.9) 167 (34.1)
Unadjusted OR (95% CI) 1 0.97 (0.70, 1.34) 0.89 (0.45, 1.78) 1.00 (0.69, 1.44) 0.80 (0.67, 0.96) 0.83 (0.56, 1.22) 0.80 (0.66, 0.97)
Adjusted OR (95% CI)1 1 1.10 (0.78, 1.55) 1.05 (0.50, 2.20) 1.11 (0.76, 1.63) 0.80 (0.66, 0.96) 0.86 (0.58, 1.28) 0.78 (0.64, 0.96)
PN care after hospital discharge
Would have preferred to have seen a MW at home more often
N (%)⁎⁎⁎ 868 (21.3) 74 (43.7) 18 (47.6) 55 (42.6) 188 (31.4) 32 (27.2) 156 (32.4)
Unadjusted OR (95% CI) 1 2.87 (2.07, 3.97) 3.35 (1.70, 6.60) 2.74 (1.90, 3.95) 1.69 (1.40, 2.03) 1.38 (0.91, 2.09) 1.77 (1.44, 2.17)
Adjusted OR (95% CI)1 1 2.59 (1.84, 3.64) 3.13 (1.50, 6.52) 2.45 (1.68, 3.58) 1.72 (1.42, 2.10) 1.26 (0.83, 1.92) 1.87 (1.51, 2.31)
1

Adjusted for maternal age, parity and Index of Multiple Deprivation

p < 0.05

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p < 0.01

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p < 0.001 in chi-square test

MW midwife; PN postnatal.