Table 1: The correlation between backgrounds of postpartum women.
Chi square test or Mann Whitney U test.
Primipara n=182 Multipara n=252 p-value
Age Mean ± SD 29.7±5.1 32.0±4.7 n.s.
Occupation %(n) Homemaker
Working woman
Unknown		 49.5 (90)
48.4 (88)
2.2 (4)		 48.4 (122)
50.0 (126)
1.6 (4)		 n.s.
Family form %(n) Nuclear family
Step family
Unknown		 74.7 (136)
20.9 (38)
4.4 (8)		 71.0 (179)
26.2 (66)
2.8 (7)		 n.s.
Gestational age weeks Mean ± SD 39.3±1.6 39.2±1.3 n.s.
Delivery form Normal vaginal
Artificial labor (Induced. or Vacuum.)
Cesarean section		 77.0 (140)
10.0 (18)
19.0 (34)		 66.0 (166)
17.0 (43)
17.0 (43)		 n.s.
Birth weight g Mean±SD 2948.2±407.8 3063.8±432.7 n.s.
Apgar score Mean±SD 1 minute values
5 minutes values		 8.3±0.8
8.9±0.6		 8.4±0.8
9.1±0.5		 n.s.
Birth weight g Mean±SD 464.9±303.4 478.1±341.2
Adoption of episiotomy % (n) Yes
No
Unknown		 48.4 (88)
30.2 (55)
21.4 (39)		 21.8 (55)
56.1 (140)
22.6 (57)		 <.05