Table 1.
Baseline characteristics by mode of delivery
| Rural | Urban | All | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VD | CD | VD | CD | VD | CD | ||
| Total | 440(46.5) | 506(53.5) | 175(41.8) | 244(58.2) | 615(45.1) | 750 (54.9) | |
| Maternal age at delivery (yrs) | |||||||
| < 35 | 380(86.4) | 445(87.9) | 161(92.0) | 224(91.8) | 541(88.0) | 669(89.2) | 0.475* |
| ≥ 35 | 60(13.6) | 61(12.1) | 14(8.0) | 20(8.2) | 74(12.0) | 81(10.8) | |
| Type of residence | |||||||
| Rural | – | – | – | – | 440(71.5) | 506(67.5) | |
| Urban | – | – | – | – | 175(28.5) | 244(32.5) | |
| Region | |||||||
| South Jiangsu | 209(47.5) | 249(49.2) | 107(61.1) | 119(48.8) | 316(51.4) | 368(49.1) | 0.002* |
| Middle Jiangsu | 77(17.5) | 116(22.9) | 12(6.9) | 46(18.9) | 89(14.5) | 162(21.6) | |
| North Jiangsu | 154(35.0) | 141(27.9) | 56(32.0) | 79(32.4) | 210(34.1) | 220(29.3) | |
| Household income per capital | |||||||
| Income level 1 | 104(23.6) | 92(18.2) | 24(13.7) | 32(13.1) | 128(20.8) | 124(16.5) | 0.005* |
| Income level 2 | 226(51.4) | 228(45.1) | 60(34.3) | 87(35.7) | 286(46.5) | 315(42.0) | |
| Income level 3 | 95(21.6) | 150(29.6) | 66(37.7) | 87(35.7) | 161(26.2) | 237(31.6) | |
| Income level 4 | 15(3.4) | 36(7.1) | 25(14.3) | 38(15.6) | 40(6.5) | 74(9.9) | |
| Mother’s education | |||||||
| No formal education | 17(3.9) | 14(2.8) | 1(0.6) | 0(0.0) | 18(2.9) | 14(1.9) | 0.236* |
| Primary | 54(12.3) | 51(10.1) | 3(1.7) | 2(0.8) | 57(9.3) | 53(7.1) | |
| Secondary | 291(66.1) | 359(70.9) | 65(37.1) | 83(34.0) | 356(57.9) | 442(58.9) | |
| College and above | 78(17.7) | 82(16.2) | 106(60.6) | 159(65.2) | 184(29.9) | 241(32.1) | |
| Health insurance | |||||||
| None | 11(2.5) | 18(3.6) | 17(9.7) | 20(8.2) | 28(4.6) | 38(5.1) | 0.095** |
| UEBMI | 62(14.1) | 86(17.0) | 122(69.7) | 172(70.5) | 184(29.9) | 258(34.4) | |
| URBMI | 30(6.8) | 26(5.1) | 30(17.1) | 41(16.8) | 60(9.8) | 67(8.9) | |
| NCMS | 244(55.5) | 301(59.5) | 6(3.4) | 9(3.7) | 250(40.7) | 310(41.3) | |
| URCMI | 90(20.5) | 73(14.4) | 0(0.0) | 0(0.0) | 90(14.6) | 73(9.7) | |
| CMI | 3(0.7) | 2(0.4) | 0(0.0) | 2(0.8) | 3(0.5) | 4(0.5) | |
| Children ever born | |||||||
| 0 | 278(63.2) | 320(63.2) | 146(83.4) | 213(87.3) | 424(68.9) | 533(71.1) | 0.394* |
| ≥ 1 | 162(36.8) | 186(36.8) | 29(16.6) | 31(12.7) | 191(31.1) | 217(28.9) | |
| Number of Prenatal care | |||||||
| < 5 | 104(23.6) | 87(17.2) | 16(9.1) | 16(6.6) | 120(19.5) | 103(13.7) | 0.004* |
| ≥ 5 | 336(76.4) | 419(82.8) | 159(90.9) | 228(93.4) | 495(80.5) | 647(86.3) | |
| Delivery institution | |||||||
| Primary institution | 168(38.2) | 192(37.9) | 13(7.4) | 25(10.2) | 181(29.4) | 217(28.9) | 0.841* |
| Secondary and above | 272(61.8) | 314(62.1) | 162(92.6) | 219(89.8) | 434(70.6) | 533(71.1) | |
VD Vaginal Delivery, CD Cesarean Delivery, UEBMI Urban Employee Basic Medical Insurance, URBMI Urban Resident Basic Medical Insurance, URCMI Urban and Rural Residents Cooperative Medical Insurance, NCMS New Cooperative Medical Scheme, CMI Commercial Medical Insurance
Data shown is number (percentage) for all variables
*P value is based on Chi-square test which was used to determine whether there is a significant difference on related variable between rural and urban women undergoing CD
**P value is based on Fishers exact test which was used to determine whether there is a significant difference on related variable between rural and urban women undergoing CD