Woman-centered care and associated factors among midwives working in urban health centers and public and private hospitals in Tabriz, Iran: a cross-sectional study

Table 3 The relationship of socio-demographic characteristics with women-centered care in midwives based on bivariate analysis (n = 575)

Variables	N	Mean ± SD	P-value
Age (year)
> 30	101	212.75 ± 24.60	0.169^b
≤ 30	474	216.57 ± 27.98	0.169^b
Marital status
Single	131	216.89 ± 22.79	0.008^a
Married	430	216.33 ± 27.20
Divorced	14	193.50 ± 55.39
Spouse’s job
Employee	230	216.43 ± 28.12	0.758^a
Specialists-managers	44	218.43 ± 20.42
Self-employment	148	215.10 ± 27.46
Income
Completely sufficient	44	223.68 ± 21.01	0.059^a
Somewhat sufficient	285	216.75 ± 25.39
Insufficient	246	213.53 ± 30.36
House type
Personal	485	216.65 ± 27.28	0.141^b
Rental	90	211.88 ± 28.06	0.141^b
Education
BSc	520	215.97 ± 27.74	0.840^b
Postgraduate (MSc, PhD)	55	215.25 ± 24.54	0.840^b
Employment status^c
Compulsory service program	41	213.44 ± 23.58	0.020^a
Official-experimental	18	196.72 ± 45.81
Official-definitive	248	216.23 ± 24.28
Contractual	268	217.26 ± 28.78
Employment sector
Health center	350	216.04 ± 28.50	0.972^a
Public hospital	130	215.97 ± 22.71
Private hospital	95	215.29 ± 29.51
Years of practice
> 5	109	211.00 ± 30.53	0.038^b
≤ 5	466	217.05 ± 26.56	0.038^b
Hours worked per week
18 to 36 h	55	214.20 ± 25.81	0.890^a
37 to 48 h	390	216.08 ± 27.59
> 48 h	130	216.07 ± 27.80
Physiological birth certificate
Yes	227	216.24 ± 26.86	0.808^b
No	348	215.68 ± 27.84	0.808^b

MSc Master of Science, PhD Philosophiae doctor
^aOne-way ANOVA
^bIndependent samples t test
^c Employment status: official employment status is classified into two categories: official-experimental and official-definitive. Midwives work on a trial basis before obtaining official-definitive employment status. If they are qualified, their employment status changes from official-experimental to official-definitive employment status

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