Descriptive statistics for women giving birth, by birth method
| Caesarean section (n=1529) | Vaginal delivery (n=270) | ||||
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | t-test | |
| Age (years) | 27.7 | 4.8 | 27.3 | 5.0 | −1.07 |
| Length of stay (days) | 6.3 | 10.4 | 4.0 | 4.8 | −3.38*** |
| Daily admissions | 8.8 | 3.1 | 9.4 | 3.7 | 2.65** |
| Percentage | Percentage | ||||
| Outside Addis Ababa | 11.2 | 16.0 | 2.21* | ||
| Multiple births | 1.0 | 0.4 | −0.92 | ||
| Pre-eclampsia | 0.6 | 1.9 | 2.15* | ||
| Weekend admission | 20.0 | 22.6 | 0.97 | ||
| Extended length of stay | 10.7 | 7.0 | −2.13* | ||
| Readmission after childbirth | 1.7 | 1.1 | −0.90 | ||
t-tests of differences in means between the two groups were performed. Results were considered significant at the p<0.05 level.
*p< 0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001.