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Table 1 Characteristics of the study sample compared to the pregnant population of Baden-Württemberg

From: A survey on worries of pregnant women - testing the German version of the Cambridge Worry Scale

Sociodemographic and obstetric characteristics

Study population

(n = 344)

Pregnant population of Baden-Württemberg in 2001

(n = 86 849)

 

n

%

%

Age (years)

   

   < 18

1

0.3

0.5

   18-34

280

81.4

78.8

   > 34

63

18.3

20.8

Nationality

   

   German

314

91.3

79.0

   Other

30

8.7

21.0

Occupation a

   

   Housewife

70

20.9

45.4b

   Trainee/student

15

4.5

2.5b

   Unskilled worker

11

3.3

4.4b

   Skilled worker/civil servant

207

61.8

35.0b

   Executive position

32

9.6

12.7b

Gravidity

   

   First

200

58.1

38.8

   > 1

144

41.9

61.2

Parity

   

   0

229

66.6

46.4

   ≥1

115

33.4

53.6

Risk factors documented in clinical data a

   

   Yes

151

61.6

63.4

   No

94

38.4

36.6

Smoking during pregnancy a

   

   Yes

36

11.2

9.5

   No

285

88.8

90.5

Mode of delivery a

   

   Vaginal

224

68.9

70.0

   Cesarean section

76

23.4

23.5

   Forceps or vacuum

25

7.7

6.4

  1. a Members sum < 344 due to missing data
  2. b These data refer to the perinatal statistics of Baden-Württemberg in 2004 (n = 76 803) because data for 2001 were incomplete