Table 1.
Characteristics of the native Spanish and Chinese immigrant women
| Spanish women | Chinese women | p a | |
|---|---|---|---|
| N | 40 | 33 | |
| Age [mean, (SD)] | 33.1 (5.1) | 28.7 (4.3) | <0.001 |
| Length of residence in Spain - years [mean, (SD)] | 8.7 (4.1) | ||
| Birth weight [mean, (SD)] | 3.2 (0.3) | 3.5 (0.5) | 0.006 |
| Cesareans (%) | 10.3 | 13.3 | 0.692 |
| Mother’s education level (%) | <0.001 | ||
| Primary school | 2.5 | 12.5 | |
| Secondary school | 27.5 | 43.8 | |
| High school | 25.0 | 43.8 | |
| University | 45.0 | 0.0 | |
| Father’s education level (%) | 0.016 | ||
| Primary school | 7.9 | 16.1 | |
| Secondary school | 18.4 | 48.4 | |
| High school | 36.8 | 19.4 | |
| University | 36.8 | 16.1 | |
| Socioeconomic status (based on FASb scores) (%) | 0.115 | ||
| High | 27.5 | 18.8 | |
| Medium | 72.5 | 71.9 | |
| Low | 0.0 | 9.4 | |
| Paid work (%) | 73.7 | 96.7 | 0.017 |
| Return-to-work intention (%) | 96.8 | 100 | 1.000 |
| Return-to-work time frame –months [mean, (SD)] | 5.9 (2.7) | 3.9 (1.8) | 0.005 |
| Work status (%) | <0.001 | ||
| Self-employee | 10.7 | 62.1 | |
| Public administration employee | 25.0 | 3.4 | |
| Employee | 64.3 | 34.5 |
aPearsons χ2 test (Student’s t-test for age, birth weight and return-to-work time frame). Statistical significance was fitted at two-sided (p-value <0.05)
bFamily Affluence Scale
Bolded p-values indicate statistical differences between the means or percentages