Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients who desired postpartum permanent contraception by timing of documented plan for postpartum contraception, (n = 3013)
| Â | Documented prenatal plan for permanent contraception | No documented prenatal plan for permanent contraception | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
Number of birthing people | 2083 | 930 | Â |
Maternal age at delivery (years) | 32 [28, 36] | 33 [29, 37] |  < 0.001 |
Parity less than 2 at admission | 506 (24.3) | 320 (33.3) |  < 0.001 |
Weeks of gestation at delivery | 38.5 [37.0, 39.1] | 38.3 [36.5, 39.1] | 0.027 |
Adequacy of prenatal care |  |  |  < 0.001 |
 Inadequate | 524 (25.2) | 173 (18.6) |  |
 Intermediate | 312 (15.0) | 83 (8.9) |  |
 Adequate | 691 (33.2) | 148 (15.9) |  |
 Adequate plus | 524 (25.2) | 88 (9.5) |  |
 Missing | 32 (1.5) | 438 (47.1) |  |
Delivery type | Â | Â | 0.002 |
 Caesarean section | 967 (46.4) | 488 (52.5) |  |
 Vaginal delivery | 1116 (53.6) | 442 (47.5) |  |
Maternal race |  |  |  < 0.001 |
 Asian | 61 (2.9) | 28 (3.0) |  |
 Black | 940 (45.1) | 304 (32.7) |  |
 White | 670 (32.2) | 372 (40.0) |  |
 None of the above | 190 (9.1) | 52 (5.6) |  |
 Declined or unknown | 222 (10.7) | 174 (18.7) |  |
Maternal ethnicity non-Hispanic | 1581 (75.9) | 654 (70.3) | 0.001 |
Married | 688 (33.0) | 437 (47.0) |  < 0.001 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 34.2 [29.6, 40.0] | 33.2 [29.1, 38.4] | 0.009 |
Insurance type private | 521 (25.0) | 416 (44.7) |  < 0.001 |