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Table 5 Number of categories of disrespect and abuse respondents experienced as upsetting, in total and stratified for overall birth experience

From: Disrespect and abuse during labour and birth amongst 12,239 women in the Netherlands: a national survey

 

Total, n (%)

Very positive experience, n (%)

Positive experience, n (%)

Negative experience, n (%)

Very negative/Traumatic experience, n (%)

Total population

12,239*

3924 (32.1)

5751 (47.0)

1459 (11.9)

1105 (9.0)

No category

7338 (63.7)

3326 (45.3)

3543 (48.3)

311 (4.2)

158 (2.2)

One category

1605 (13.9)

307 (19.1)

887 (55.3)

262 (16.3)

149 (9.3)

Two categories

1071 (9.3)

97 (9.1)

555 (51.8)

257 (24)

162 (15.1)

Three categories

708 (6.1)

29 (4.1)

266 (37.6)

233 (32.9)

180 (25.4)

Four categories

423 (3.7)

9 (2.1)

114 (27.0)

152 (35.9)

148 (35.0)

Five categories

285 (2.5)

3 (1.1)

51 (17.9)

91 (31.9)

140 (49.1)

Six categories

70 (0.6)

2 (2.9)

7 (10.0)

19 (27.1)

42 (60.0)

All seven categories

20 (0.2)

0 (0.0)

2 (10.0)

3 (15.0)

15 (75.0)

  1. Data in bold shows the overall birth experience of the total study population (n = 12,239)
  2. *Number of respondents who filled out the question on overall experience differs from the number of respondents who filled out all 37 questions of the seven categories (n = 11,520)