Table 1.
Respondent demographics
| Total N (%) |
GH % |
PE % |
CH % |
Total HDP N (%) |
Total non-HDP N (%) |
P value HDP vs non-HDP | |
| Total N | 266 | 15 | 143 | 16 | 174 | 92 | |
| Age | |||||||
| 18–25 | 12 (5) | 13 | 6 | – | 10 (6) | 2 (2) | 0.16 |
| 26–35 | 117 (44) | 33 | 48 | 50 | 81 (47) | 36 (39) | 0.25 |
| 36–45 | 126 (47) | 53 | 42 | 50 | 76 (44) | 50 (54) | 0.10 |
| 45+ | 10 (3) | – | 5 | – | 7 (4) | 3 (3) | 0.75 |
| Prefer not to answer | 1 (0) | – | – | – | – | 1 (1) | – |
| Ethnicity | |||||||
| Caucasian | 236 (89) | 93 | 97 | 81 | 165 (95) | 71 (77) | <0.001 |
| Asian | 23 (9) | 7 | 2 | 6 | 5 (3) | 18 (20) | <0.001 |
| Other* | 7 (3) | - | 1 | 13 | 4 (2) | 3 (8) | 0.65 |
| Highest educational attainment | |||||||
| Secondary school | 25 (9) | 7 | 14 | 13 | 23 (13) | 2 (2) | 0.003 |
| Diploma/trade† | 69 (26) | 33 | 33 | 50 | 60 (35) | 9 (10) | <0.001 |
| University degree | 171 (64) | 60 | 52 | 38 | 90 (52) | 81 (88) | <0.001 |
| Prefer not to answer | 1 (0) | – | 1 | – | 1 (1) | – | – |
| Relationship status | |||||||
| In a relationship | 254 (96) | 100 | 93 | 88 | 162 (93) | 92 (100) | 0.001 |
| Not in a relationship | 11 (4) | – | 6 | 13 | 11 (6) | 0 (1) | |
| Prefer not to answer | 1 (0) | – | 1 | – | 1 (1) | – | – |
| Recruited to survey via | |||||||
| P4 newsletter | 56 (21) | 13 | 8 | 6 | 14 (8) | 42 (46) | <0.001 |
| AAPEC | 62 (23) | 7 | 40 | 19 | 61 (35) | 1 (1) | <0.001 |
| Social media | 134 (50) | 80 | 52 | 69 | 97 (56) | 37 (40) | 0.02 |
| Other‡ | 14 (5) | – | 1 | 6 | 2 (1) | 12 (13) | <0.001 |
*Other: Indigenous Australian (n=1), Polynesian or Maori (n=2), mixed ethnicity (n=4).
†Diploma or trade certificate.
‡Other: friend (n=11), ACM (n=1), Clinic (n=1), maternity consumer group other than AAPEC (n=1).
AAPEC, Australian Action on Pre-eclampsia; ACM, Australian College of Midwives; CH, chronic hypertensionchronic hypertension worsening in pregnancy and/or with superimposed PE; GH, gestational hypertension; HDP, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy; PE, pre-eclampsia.