Table 2 Prenatal education attendance rates according to household socioeconomic characteristics
From: Prenatal care and socioeconomic status: effect on cesarean delivery
| Full sample (N = 82,417) | Low-risk subsample (N = 10,947) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deliveries, % | Attendance rate, % | Chi-square test | Deliveries, % | Attendance rate, % | Chi-square test | |
| Woman’s socioeconomic level | ||||||
| Familial situation | (n = 81,062) | (n = 10,769) | ||||
| Married or cohabiting | 97.9 | 55.2 | 188.4a | 97.7 | 75.5 | 58.9a |
| Single | 2.1 | 38.4 | 2.3 | 54.2 | ||
| Healthcare coverage | (n = 80,889) | (n = 10,724) | ||||
| Insured | 98.5 | 55.1 | 35.0a | 98.4 | 75.3 | 8.2a |
| Uninsured | 1.5 | 46.6 | 1.6 | 65.9 | ||
| Education | (n = 65,006) | (n = 8673) | ||||
| Primary school | 2.7 | 21.9 | 4200.0a | 1.4 | 38.8 | 602.3a |
| Some secondary school | 13.8 | 32.7 | 10.4 | 51.9 | ||
| Completed secondary school | 21.7 | 45.0 | 21.1 | 64.3 | ||
| College or university | 61.8 | 63.3 | 67.1 | 82.2 | ||
| Occupation | (n = 57,115) | (n = 7906) | ||||
| Manual worker | 1.3 | 35.4 | 1100.0a | 1.0 | 60.8 | 217.6a |
| Office, sales, or service staff | 54.7 | 53.3 | 58.5 | 73.7 | ||
| Farmer | 0.3 | 40.9 | 0.2 | 62.5 | ||
| Craft/trades worker or entrepreneur | 3.0 | 56.2 | 2.7 | 76.1 | ||
| Intermediate (technical) | 8.9 | 59.4 | 9.2 | 81.6 | ||
| Managerial or higher intellectual | 31.8 | 67.1 | 28.4 | 88.5 | ||
| Work status | (n = 67,502) | (n = 8977) | ||||
| Working | 69.8 | 60.8 | 3500.0a | 75.7 | 80.7 | 533.5a |
| Unemployed | 6.6 | 47.4 | 7.5 | 62.0 | ||
| Not in labor force | 23.6 | 34.0 | 16.8 | 53.9 | ||
| Partner’s socioeconomic level | ||||||
| Occupation | (n = 63,959) | (n = 8454) | ||||
| Manual worker | 9.1 | 35.6 | 2000.0a | 8.3 | 57.0 | 363.7a |
| Office, sales, or service staff | 39.7 | 50.0 | 44.2 | 71.1 | ||
| Farmer | 0.4 | 43.3 | 0.3 | 70.8 | ||
| Craft/trades worker or entrepreneur | 7.3 | 51.5 | 6.5 | 74.6 | ||
| Intermediate (technical) | 5.9 | 58.5 | 6.7 | 81.1 | ||
| Managerial or higher intellectual | 37.6 | 64.4 | 34.0 | 86.3 | ||
| Work status | (n = 64,121) | (n = 8606) | ||||
| Working | 89.9 | 56.3 | 688.3a | 89.9 | 77.5 | 149.5a |
| Unemployed | 4.3 | 37.5 | 3.9 | 57.9 | ||
| Not in labor force | 5.8 | 40.5 | 6.2 | 59.2 | ||