Cost Analysis of the Dutch Obstetric System: low-risk nulliparous women preferring home or short-stay hospital birth - a prospective non-randomised controlled study

Table 3 Characteristics of all womenat questionnaire 1 (n = 449). Numbers are % unless stated otherwise

Variabele		Home birth N = 255 (56.8%)	Short-stay hospital birth N = 194 (43.2%)	P-value*
Age in years	Mean (SD)	28.75 (3.89)	29.06 (3.90)	0.39
Body Mass Index	Mean (SD)	23.79 (3.74)	23.51 (3.84)	0.43
Gestation age questionnaire 1 in weeks	Mean (SD)	16.2 (4.1)	15.6 (3.7)	0.11
Cambridge Worry Scale	Mean (SD)	1.67(0.44)	1.69(0.43)	0.678
Nationality respondent				0.235
Dutch		98.4	96.0
West-European		0.4	1.5
East-European		0	1.0
Not European		1.2	1.5
Nationality mother of the respondent				0.057
Dutch		97.2	92.3
West-European		1.2	2.6
East-European		0	1.0
Not European		1.6	4.1
Nationality father of the respondent				0.230
Dutch		95.6	90.8
West-European		2.0	4.1
East-European		0.4	1.0
Not European		2.0	4.1
Education				0.901
Elementary school		5.9	5.2
Secondary school		40.0	38.7
High school/University		54.1	56.1
Income per month				0.870
< 2500 euro		24.0	21.7
2500-3000 euro		27.5	22.7
> 3000 euro		29.8	34.5
no information		18.7	21.1
Marital state				0.703
Married/cohabiting		98.4	99.0
Single		1.6	1.0
Distance to hospital				0.136
< 5 minutes		12.2	6.7
5 - 10 minutes		23.1	28.9
10 - 15 minutes		40.0	44.8
> 15 minutes		24.3	19.1
I do not know		0.4	0.5
Participating in antenatal classes				0.171
Yes		60.9	52.1
No		12.6	14.4
I do not know		26.5	33.5
First pregnancy				0.375
Yes		81.6	85.1
No		18.4	14.9
Comorbidity				0.189
Yes		15.8	22.2
No		84.2	77.8

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