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Table 2 Characteristics of participating midwives (N = 989) and test of difference between two groups using t -test for numeric variables and Chi-squared test for categorical variables

From: User perspectives on the Swedish Maternal Health Care Register

Variable

All participating midwives

Group A a

Group B b

Group C c

P-value d

  

n = 880 (89.1%)

n = 84 (8.5%)

n = 24 (2.4%)

 

Age (yrs) (n, %)

983 (99.4)

874 (88.0)

84 (8.5)

24 (2.4)

 

Mean (SD)

51.1 (8.7)

50.8 (8.9)

53.6 (6.6)

53.7 (6.3)

0.005e

Median

53.0

52.5

55.0

55.0

 

Range

27-69

27-69

39-64

42-64

 

Work experience as midwife in yrs (n, %)

941 (95.1)

833 (88.5)

83 (8.8)

24 (2.6)

 

Mean (SD)

21.4 (10.5)

21.0 (10.5)

24.7 (9.8)

25.2 (8.8)

0.001f

Range

0-44

0-44

4-42

9-40

 

Work experience as midwife in ANC in yrs (n, %)

906 (99.3)

805 (88.9)

78 (8.6)

22 (2.4)

 

Mean (SD)

13.3 (9.3)

13.0 (9.3)

16.0 (8.9)

17.9 (9.0)

<0.001e

Range

0-40

0-40

1-36

3-36

 

Working as a midwife in public/private care (n, %)

977 (98.8)

875 (89.6)

84 (8.6)

17 (1.7)

 

Public health care

836 (85.6)

757 (86.5)

63 (75.0)

15 (88.2)

 

Private health care

141 (14.3)

118 (13.5)

21 (25.0)

2 (11.8)

 

Level of employment (n,%)

982 (99.3)

878 (89.4)

84 (8.6)

19 (2.2)

<0.001g

<50%h

59 (6.0)

37 (4.2)

15 (17.9)

7 (36.8)

 

50-75%i

237 (24.1)

225 (25.6)

10 (11.9)

1 (5.3)

 

>75%j

686 (69.9)

616 (70.2)

59 (70.2)

11 (57.9)

 

Registration of data in register (n, %)

975 (98.6)

873 (89.5)

84 (8.6)

17 (1.7)

<0.001g

Daily

75 (7.7)

68 (7.8)

7 (8.3)

0

 

Several times a week

585 (59.2)

536 (61.4)

48 (57.1)

0

 

Once a week

124 (12.7)

117 (13.4)

6 (7.1)

1 (5.9)

 

A few times every month

155 (15.9)

134 (15.3)

19 (22.6)

2 (11.8)

 

Less frequent

36 (3.7)

18 (2.1)

4 (4.8)

14 (82.4)

 
  1. aGroup A = Midwives exclusively engaged in patient-related work tasks.
  2. bGroup B = Midwives engaged in both patient-related work tasks and administrative supervision.
  3. cGroup C = Midwives exclusively engaged in administrative supervision.
  4. dTest of difference between two groups: Midwives with patient-related work tasks exclusively in one group (A) and midwives with patient-related work tasks and supervision and midwives with supervision exclusively in the other group (B, C).
  5. eMann–Whitney.
  6. f t-test.
  7. gChi-squared test.
  8. h<0.50 of a full time equivalent.
  9. i0.50-0.75 of a full time equivalent.
  10. j>0.75 of a full time equivalent.