Table 2.

Birth Preference Incongruence score and frequencies (N = 2325).

Note. An incongruence score was calculated for each participant by computing the absolute value of the difference between their Preferred Birth (T1) and Place and Mode of Birth (T2) [15]. Values of Preferred Birth and Place and Mode of Delivery are indicated in the column and row headers. For example, the score for a woman who planned a home birth (7) and had a vaginal birth with an epidural (4) would be 3 (7−4 = 3). A score for a woman who planned a caesarean birth (2) and had an instrumental vaginal birth (3) would be 1 (2−3=|1|). Scores ranged from 0 to 6 with greater scores indicating greater Birth Preference Incongruence. Bold numbers represent the incongruence score; darker shade represents greater incongruence; numbers in parentheses are the number of women with that combination of Preferred Birth and Place and Mode of Birth.