From: Critical views on postpartum care expressed by new mothers
Table 1 | Â | Â | Study sample N = 150% | KUB population N= 2633% | p |
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Sociodemographic Background | Maternal age, years | Mean | 30.05 | 29.45 | ns |
 |  | Standard deviation (SD) | SD 4.541 | SD 4.676 |  |
 |  | < 25 | 14 | 15 | ns |
 |  | 25–35 | 75 | 75 |  |
 |  | > 35 | 11 | 10 |  |
 | Education | 9-year compulsory school | 4 | 6 | ns |
 |  | Upper secondary school | 51 | 55 |  |
 |  | College/University | 45 | 39 |  |
 | Parity | Primipara | 48 | 43 | ns |
 |  | Multipara | 52 | 57 |  |
 | Smoking | No | 86 | 90 | ns |
 |  | Yes | 14 | 10 |  |
 | Marital status | Married/cohabiting | 95 | 95 | ns |
 |  | Single/other | 5 | 5 |  |
 | Country of birth | Sweden | 94 | 91 | ns |
 |  | Other than Sweden | 6 | 9 |  |
 | Experience of support by partner | All support and almost all support | 93 | 95 | ns |
 |  | Little or no support | 7 | 5 |  |
Labour outcomes | Mode of delivery | Normal vaginal | 79 | 81 | ns |
 |  | Instrumental vaginal | 13 | 12 |  |
 |  | Elective CS | 5 | 5 |  |
 |  | Emergency CS | 3 | 2 |  |
 | Newborn transfer to NEO | No | 86 | 89 | ns |
 |  | Yes | 14 | 11 |  |
Care organisation | Hospital size (number of deliveries/year) | < 500 | 3 | 4 | 0.02 |
 |  | 500–999 | 5 | 13 |  |
 |  | 1000–1999 | 28 | 28 |  |
 |  | 2000–2999 | 21 | 20 |  |
 |  | 3000–3999 | 20 | 20 |  |
 |  | > 4000 | 23 | 15 |  |
 | Length of postpartum stay | < 1 day | 12 | 10 | ns |
 |  | 2 days | 22 | 21 |  |
 |  | 3 days | 22 | 25 |  |
 |  | 4 days | 24 | 21 |  |
 |  | > 5 days | 20 | 23 |  |
 | Model of postpartum care*** | Standard pp care | 53 | 51 | ns |
 |  | Combined ip/pp care | 4 | 8 |  |
 |  | Family pp care | 23 | 23 |  |
 |  | Risk pp care | 3 | 3 |  |
 |  | Hotel pp care | 10 | 10 |  |
 |  | Other | 7 | 5 |  |
 | Talked through the birth experience | Yes | 43 | 52 | 0.05 |
 |  | No | 57 | 48 |  |
Care evaluation | General assessment of postnatal care | Very positive | 14 | 36 | Â |
 |  | Positive | 37 | 40 |  |
 |  | Neither positive or negative | 21 | 18 |  |
 |  | Negative | 19 | 5 |  |
 |  | Very negative | 9 | 1 |  |