The association between respondent characteristics and reported ‘consent requirements not met’
| Respondent characteristics | Adjusted OR (95% CI)* | |
| Induction of labour | ||
| Ethnicity | Both parents born in the Netherlands | Ref |
| Respondent and one or both her parents born abroad | 1.96 (1.15 to 3.34) | |
| Respondent born in the Netherlands, one or both her parents born abroad | 1.46 (0.99 to 2.17) | |
| Parity | Nulliparous | Ref |
| Multiparous | 0.65 (0.49 to 0.87) | |
| External cardiotocography | ||
| Increasing age | 0.97 (0.96 to 0.99) | |
| Education level | Primary school, first 3 years of secondary school or lower level of vocational training | Ref |
| Upper secondary school or higher vocational training | 1.45 (1.14 to 1.84) | |
| Bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degree programmes | 1.86 (1.48 to 2.35) | |
| Parity | Nulliparous | Ref |
| Multiparous | 0.85 (0.75 to 0.96) | |
| Fetal scalp electrode | ||
| Increasing age | 0.97 (0.96 to 0.99) | |
| Parity | Nulliparous | Ref |
| Multiparous | 0.77 (0.66 to 0.89) | |
| Vaginal examination | ||
| Ethnicity | Both parents born in the Netherlands | Ref |
| Respondent and one or both her parents born abroad | 1.48 (1.00 to 2.18) | |
| Respondent born in the Netherlands, one or both her parents born abroad | 1.02 (0.77 to 1.35) | |
| Parity | Nulliparous | Ref |
| Multiparous | 0.65 (0.55 to 0.78) | |
| Artificial rupture of membranes | ||
| Parity | Nulliparous | Ref |
| Multiparous | 0.54 (0.46 to 0.64) | |
| Augmentation of labour | ||
| Increasing age | 0.94 (0.92 to 0.96) | |
| Education level | Primary school, first 3 years of secondary school or lower level of vocational training | Ref |
| Upper secondary school or higher vocational training | 1.98 (1.25 to 3.13) | |
| Bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degree programmes | 2.18 (1.40 to 3.39) | |
| Parity | Nulliparous | Ref |
| Multiparous | 0.68 (0.54 to 0.87) | |
| Episiotomy | ||
| Parity | Nulliparous | Ref |
| Multiparous | 0.75 (0.60 to 0.94) | |
| Postpartum oxytocin | ||
| Increasing age | 0.96 (0.94 to 0.98) | |
| Ethnicity | Both parents born in the Netherlands | Ref |
| Respondent and one or both her parents born abroad | 0.65 (0.45 to 0.95) | |
| Respondent born in the Netherlands, one or both her parents born abroad | 0.88 (0.71 to 1.08) | |
| Parity | Nulliparous | Ref |
| Multiparous | 0.73 (0.65 to 0.83) | |
| Caesarean section during labour† | ||
| Increasing age | 0.94 (0.91 to 0.98) | |
*Variables with at least one statistically significant result are presented in this table. Significant adjusted ORs are shown in bold.
†Prelabour caesarean section (CS) not included as no associations were found between the reported characteristics and this procedure.
Ref, reference category.