Table 1.
Socio-demographic, pregnancy, labour and birth characteristics among primiparous women (n = 800)
| Age | N(%) | Husband’s age | N (%) | Economic status | N (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socio-demographic | |||||
| 18 to 25 | 533 (66.3) | 18 to 25 | 192 (24.0) | Low | 171 (21.4) |
| 26–30 | 179 (22.4) | 26–30 | 352 (44.0) | Middle | 542 (67.8) |
| 31 and above | 88 (11.0) | 31 and above | 256 (32.0) | High | 87 (10.9) |
| Education | Husband’s education | Marriage length | |||
| High school and lower | 355 (44.4) | High school and lower | 356 (44.5) | 5 year and below | 723 (90.4) |
| Diploma | 291 (36.4) | Diploma | 294 (36.8) | 6 year and above | 77 (9.6) |
| University | 154 (19.3) | University | 150 (18.7) | ||
| Work status | Husband work | Source of support | |||
| House keeper | 754 (94.3) | Unemployed | 45 (5.7) | Husband | 470 (58.8) |
| Employed | 46 (5.7) | Employed | 65 (8.2) | Mother or father | 176 (22.0) |
| Self-employed | 0 (0) | Self-employed | 396 (49.5) | Relative | 116 (14.5) |
| Manual worker | 294 (36.8) | Sister or brother | 24 (3.0) | ||
| Nobody | 14 (1.8) | ||||
| Insurance | 470 (58.8) | Marital satisfaction | 766 (95.8) | ||
| Pregnancy | |||||
| Planned pregnancy | 531 (66.4) | Prenatal class | 222 (27.8) | Doing exercise during pregnancy | 301 (37.6) |
| Abortion history | Pregnancy week | Duration of exercise (min) | |||
| No | 681 (85.1) | 37 to 39 | 465 (58.1) | 5 to 10 | 52 (17.2) |
| 1 or above | 119 (14.9) | 40 and 41 | 335 (41.9) | 15 to 30 | 195 (64.4) |
| More than 30 | 56 (18.5) | ||||
| Wanted pregnancy | Birth education class number (session) | Frequency of the exercise during one week | |||
| No | 105 (13.1) | 1 or 2 | 81 (38.4) | 1 or 2 | 85 (28.1) |
| Only me or my husband | 35 (4.4) | 3 or 4 | 44 (20.9) | 3 or 4 | 89 (29.4) |
| Me and my husband | 660 (82.5) | 5 or 7 | 27 (12.8) | 5 or 6 | 34 (11.2) |
| 8 | 59 (28.0) | 7 | 95 (31.4) | ||
| Labour and childbirth | |||||
| Duration of stay in the labour room (Less than 12 h) | 522 (65.5) | Doula presence | 208 (26.0) | Baby sex (Girl) | 421 (52.6) |
| Permission for moving in the labour room | 479 (40.1) | Use of one of the pain relief methods | 333 (41.6) | Presence of support person | 191 (20.3) |
| Free in select of childbirth position | 122 (11.3) | Augmentation | 537 (67.1) | Fear of childbirth | 514 (64.3) |
| Childbirth place | Episiotomy | 782 (97.8) | Operative vaginal delivery | 2 (0.25) | |
| Organizational | 113 (14.1) | ||||
| Public | 555 (69.4) | ||||
| Private | 132 (16.5) | ||||