Characteristic | Total (N = 238) | Standard of care model (N = 154) | PPA model of care (N = 84) | p value | |||
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n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
Age (years) | |||||||
< 20 | 7 | 2.9 | 4 | 2.6 | 3 | 3.6 | < 0.001 |
20–34 | 186 | 78.2 | 109 | 70.8 | 77 | 91.7 | |
35 or more | 45 | 18.9 | 41 | 26.6 | 4 | 4.8 | |
Skin color | |||||||
White | 78 | 32.8 | 54 | 35.1 | 24 | 28.6 | 0.307 |
Black | 45 | 18.9 | 25 | 16.2 | 20 | 23.8 | |
Mixed/Asian/Indigenous | 115 | 48.3 | 75 | 48.7 | 40 | 47.6 | |
Schooling (years) | |||||||
1 to 10 | 34 | 14.3 | 24 | 15.6 | 10 | 11.9 | 0.007 |
11 to 14 | 136 | 57.1 | 76 | 49.4 | 60 | 71.4 | |
15 or more | 52 | 21.8 | 40 | 26.0 | 12 | 14.3 | |
Postgraduate studies | 16 | 6.7 | 14 | 9.1 | 2 | 2.4 | |
Economic class | |||||||
D/E | 1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.2 | 0.003 |
C | 70 | 29.4 | 36 | 23.4 | 34 | 40.5 | |
B | 156 | 65.5 | 107 | 69.5 | 49 | 58.3 | |
A | 11 | 4.6 | 11 | 7.1 | 0 | 0.0 | |
Lives with partner | 205 | 86.1 | 136 | 88.3 | 69 | 82.1 | 0.188 |
Paid work | 183 | 76.9 | 118 | 76.6 | 65 | 77.4 | 0.895 |
Parity | |||||||
0 | 192 | 80.7 | 125 | 81.2 | 67 | 79.8 | 0.957 |
1 to 2 | 43 | 18.1 | 27 | 17.5 | 16 | 19.0 | |
3 or more | 3 | 1.3 | 2 | 1.3 | 1 | 1.2 | |
Preference for vaginal birth | 133 | 55.9 | 66 | 42.9 | 67 | 79.8 | < 0.001 |
Robson group | |||||||
1 | 70 | 29.4 | 26 | 16.9 | 44 | 52.4 | < 0.001 |
2a | 19 | 8.0 | 2 | 1.3 | 17 | 20.2 | |
2b | 103 | 43.3 | 97 | 63.0 | 6 | 7.1 | |
3 | 19 | 8.0 | 7 | 4.5 | 12 | 14.3 | |
4a | 5 | 2.1 | 3 | 1.9 | 2 | 2.4 | |
4b | 22 | 9.2 | 19 | 12.3 | 3 | 3.6 | |
Risk pregnancy | 49 | 20.6 | 38 | 24.7 | 11 | 13.1 | 0.035 |
Pré-gestational BMI | |||||||
Underweight | 9 | 3.8 | 6 | 3.9 | 3 | 3.6 | 0.023 |
Normal | 113 | 47.9 | 62 | 40.8 | 51 | 60.7 | |
Overweight | 68 | 28.8 | 48 | 31.6 | 20 | 23.8 | |
Obese | 46 | 19.5 | 36 | 23.7 | 10 | 11.9 |