Table 2 Characteristics of postpartum women according to type of provider who assisted in each birth. Brazil, 2011–2012
From: Labor and birth care by nurse with midwifery skills in Brazil
Provider who assisted in each birth (N = 11,499) | p-value* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Physicians (%) | Nurses/nurse-midwives (%) | |||
Age (years) | 12 to 19 | 25.5 | 22.4 | 0.040 |
20 to 34 | 66.8 | 70.0 | ||
≥35 | 7.7 | 7.6 | ||
Self-reported skin color/race | White | 27.5 | 26.8 | 0.261 |
Black | 10.5 | 8.3 | ||
Brown | 60.2 | 63.8 | ||
Yellow | 1.1 | 0.9 | ||
Indigenous | 0.7 | 0.2 | ||
Marital status | With partner | 79.1 | 77.2 | 0.243 |
Without partner | 20.9 | 22.8 | ||
Socioeconomic status | A/B | 14.7 | 13.2 | 0.592 |
C | 54.9 | 57.6 | ||
D/E | 30.4 | 29.2 | ||
Years of education | <8 | 34.2 | 32.9 | 0.362 |
8 to 11 | 30.0 | 30.5 | ||
≥12 | 35.8 | 36.6 | ||
Parity | Nulliparous | 43.6 | 39.0 | 0.002 |
1–2 births | 43.6 | 44.8 | ||
≥3 births | 12.8 | 16.2 | ||
Obstetric risk | Low | 64.3 | 63.9 | 0.854 |
High | 35.7 | 36.1 | ||