{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,4]],"date-time":"2026-08-04T22:46:10Z","timestamp":1785883570044,"version":"3.56.0"},"reference-count":42,"publisher":"Elsevier BV","issue":"6","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2012,12,1]],"date-time":"2012-12-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1354320000000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/www.elsevier.com\/tdm\/userlicense\/1.0\/"},{"start":{"date-parts":[[2012,12,1]],"date-time":"2012-12-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1354320000000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/www.elsevier.com\/legal\/tdmrep-license"}],"content-domain":{"domain":["clinicalkey.com","clinicalkey.com.au","elsevier.com","sciencedirect.com"],"crossmark-restriction":true},"short-container-title":["Midwifery"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2012,12]]},"DOI":"10.1016\/j.midw.2011.09.011","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2011,11,17]],"date-time":"2011-11-17T18:18:50Z","timestamp":1321553930000},"page":"e850-e856","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/elsevier_cm_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":48,"title":["Womens' attitudes and beliefs of childbirth and association with birth preference: A comparison of a Swedish and an Australian sample in mid-pregnancy"],"prefix":"10.1016","volume":"28","author":[{"given":"Helen","family":"Haines","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Christine","family":"Rubertsson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Julie F.","family":"Pallant","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ingegerd","family":"Hildingsson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"78","reference":[{"issue":"Series B","key":"10.1016\/j.midw.2011.09.011_bib1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"296","DOI":"10.1111\/j.2517-6161.1954.tb00174.x","article-title":"A note on the multiplying factors for various chi square approximations","volume":"16","author":"Bartlett","year":"1954","journal-title":"Journal of the Royal Statistical Society"},{"issue":"3","key":"10.1016\/j.midw.2011.09.011_bib2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"251","DOI":"10.1177\/1464700105057363","article-title":"Choosing cesarean: feminism and the politics of childbirth in the United States","volume":"6","author":"Beckett","year":"2005","journal-title":"Feminist Theory"},{"issue":"2","key":"10.1016\/j.midw.2011.09.011_bib3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"98","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1365-3016.2007.00786.x","article-title":"Rates of caesarean section: analysis of global, regional and national estimates","volume":"21","author":"Betr\u00e1n","year":"2007","journal-title":"Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.midw.2011.09.011_bib4","first-page":"99","article-title":"Too posh to push? Comparative perspectives on maternal request caesarean sections in Canada, the US, the UK and Finland","volume":"vol. 10","author":"Bourgeault","year":"2008"},{"issue":"6","key":"10.1016\/j.midw.2011.09.011_bib5","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1192","DOI":"10.1016\/j.socscimed.2007.05.025","article-title":"Caesarean birth: consumption, safety, order, and good mothering","volume":"65","author":"Bryant","year":"2007","journal-title":"Social Science and Medicine"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.midw.2011.09.011_bib6","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"245","DOI":"10.1207\/s15327906mbr0102_10","article-title":"The scree test for number of factors","volume":"1","author":"Catell","year":"1966","journal-title":"Multivariate Behavioural Research"},{"issue":"4","key":"10.1016\/j.midw.2011.09.011_bib7","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"270","DOI":"10.1016\/j.wsif.2008.05.010","article-title":"Explaining obstetric interventionism: technical skills, common conceptualisations, or collective countertransference?","volume":"31","author":"Cherniak","year":"2008","journal-title":"Women's Studies International Forum"},{"issue":"11","key":"10.1016\/j.midw.2011.09.011_bib8","first-page":"S50","volume":"44","author":"DeVellis","year":"2006","journal-title":"Classical test theory. Medical Care"},{"issue":"5","key":"10.1016\/j.midw.2011.09.011_bib9","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"667","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1365-2702.2008.02568.x","article-title":"Pre- and postpartum levels of childbirth fear and the relationship to birth outcomes in a cohort of Australian women","volume":"18","author":"Fenwick","year":"2009","journal-title":"Journal of Clinical Nursing"},{"issue":"4","key":"10.1016\/j.midw.2011.09.011_bib10","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"394","DOI":"10.1016\/j.midw.2008.10.011","article-title":"Why do women request caesarean section in a normal, healthy first pregnancy?","volume":"26","author":"Fenwick","year":"2010","journal-title":"Midwifery"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.midw.2011.09.011_bib11","unstructured":"Gibbons, L., Beliz\u00e1n, J.M., Lauer, J.A., Betr\u00e1n, A.P., Merialdi, M., Althabe, F., 2010. The Global Numbers and Costs of Additionally Needed and Unnecessary Caesarean Sections Performed per Year: Overuse as a Barrier to Universal Coverage. World Health Report Background Paper, No. 3. \u3008http:\/\/www.who.int\/healthsystems\/topics\/financing\/healthreport\/30C-sectioncosts.pdf\u3009 (last accessed 30 August 2011)."},{"issue":"4","key":"10.1016\/j.midw.2011.09.011_bib12","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"256","DOI":"10.1046\/j.1523-536x.2000.00256.x","article-title":"Women's request for a cesarean section: a critique of the literature","volume":"27","author":"Gamble","year":"2000","journal-title":"Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care"},{"issue":"2","key":"10.1016\/j.midw.2011.09.011_bib13","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"101","DOI":"10.1046\/j.1523-536X.2001.00101.x","article-title":"Women's preference for a cesarean section: incidence and associated factors","volume":"28","author":"Gamble","year":"2001","journal-title":"Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care"},{"issue":"1","key":"10.1016\/j.midw.2011.09.011_bib14","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"4","DOI":"10.1080\/02646830801918430","article-title":"Birth choice following primary caesarean section: mothers' perceptions of the influence of health professionals on decision-making","volume":"27","author":"Goodall","year":"2009","journal-title":"Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology"},{"issue":"1","key":"10.1016\/j.midw.2011.09.011_bib15","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"6","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1523-536X.2006.00140.x","article-title":"Have women become more willing to accept obstetric interventions and does this relate to mode of birth? data from a prospective study","volume":"34","author":"Green","year":"2007","journal-title":"Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care"},{"issue":"4","key":"10.1016\/j.midw.2011.09.011_bib16","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"560","DOI":"10.1016\/j.midw.2010.05.004","article-title":"Cross-cultural comparison of levels of childbirth-related fear in an Australian and Swedish sample","volume":"27","author":"Haines","year":"2011","journal-title":"Midwifery"},{"issue":"1","key":"10.1016\/j.midw.2011.09.011_bib17","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"46","DOI":"10.1016\/j.midw.2006.07.007","article-title":"How much influence do women in Sweden have on caesarean section? A follow-up study of women's preferences in early pregnancy","volume":"24","author":"Hildingsson","year":"2008","journal-title":"Midwifery"},{"issue":"6","key":"10.1016\/j.midw.2011.09.011_bib18","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"618","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1471-0528.2002.01393.x","article-title":"Few women wish to be delivered by caesarean section","volume":"109","author":"Hildingsson","year":"2002","journal-title":"BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.midw.2011.09.011_bib19","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"179","DOI":"10.1007\/BF02289447","article-title":"Rationale and test for the number of factors in factor analysis","volume":"30","author":"Horn","year":"1965","journal-title":"Psychometrika"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.midw.2011.09.011_bib20","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"173","DOI":"10.1016\/0148-2963(84)90047-X","article-title":"An empirical comparison of alternative methods for principal component extraction","volume":"15","author":"Hubbard","year":"1987","journal-title":"Journal of Business Research"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.midw.2011.09.011_bib21","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"401","DOI":"10.1007\/BF02291817","article-title":"A second generation lLittle Jiffy","volume":"35","author":"Kaiser","year":"1970","journal-title":"Psychometrika"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.midw.2011.09.011_bib22","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"31","DOI":"10.1007\/BF02291575","article-title":"An index of factorial simplicity","volume":"39","author":"Kaiser","year":"1974","journal-title":"Psychometrika"},{"issue":"5","key":"10.1016\/j.midw.2011.09.011_bib23","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"620","DOI":"10.1016\/j.midw.2010.05.005","article-title":"Behind the myth\u2014few women prefer caesarean section in the absence of medical or obstetrical factors","volume":"27","author":"Karlstr\u00f6m","year":"2011","journal-title":"Midwifery"},{"issue":"3","key":"10.1016\/j.midw.2011.09.011_bib24","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"229","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1523-536X.2006.00108.x","article-title":"Systematic review of nulliparous women\u2019s views of planned cesarean birth: the missing component in the debate about a term cephalic trial","volume":"33","author":"Kingdon","year":"2006","journal-title":"Birth"},{"issue":"7","key":"10.1016\/j.midw.2011.09.011_bib25","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"886","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1471-0528.2009.02119.x","article-title":"Choice and birth method: mixed-method study of caesarean delivery for maternal request","volume":"116","author":"Kingdon","year":"2009","journal-title":"BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology"},{"issue":"3","key":"10.1016\/j.midw.2011.09.011_bib26","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"245","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1523-536X.2006.00110.x","article-title":"Why do women go along with this stuff?","volume":"33","author":"Klein","year":"2006","journal-title":"Birth"},{"issue":"2","key":"10.1016\/j.midw.2011.09.011_bib27","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"130","DOI":"10.1034\/j.1600-0412.2001.080002130.x","article-title":"A population based study of Swedish women\u2019s opinions about antenatal, delivery and postpartum care","volume":"80","author":"Ladfors","year":"2001","journal-title":"Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.midw.2011.09.011_bib28","series-title":"Australia\u2019s Mothers and Babies 2007. Perinatal Statistics Series No. 23. Cat. No. PER 48","author":"Laws","year":"2009"},{"issue":"3","key":"10.1016\/j.midw.2011.09.011_bib29","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"373","DOI":"10.1016\/S0277-9536(96)00353-X","article-title":"Consumerism, reflexivity and the medical encounter","volume":"45","author":"Lupton","year":"1997","journal-title":"Social Science and Medicine"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.midw.2011.09.011_bib30","series-title":"Caesarean. Just Another Way of Birth?","author":"Mander","year":"2007"},{"issue":"4","key":"10.1016\/j.midw.2011.09.011_bib31","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"391","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1471-0528.2010.02793.x","article-title":"Women\u2019s preference for caesarean section: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies","volume":"118","author":"Mazzoni","year":"2010","journal-title":"BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology"},{"issue":"1","key":"10.1016\/j.midw.2011.09.011_bib32","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"65","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1523-536X.2006.00147.x","article-title":"Elective cesarean section and decision making: a critical review of the literature","volume":"34","author":"McCourt","year":"2007","journal-title":"Birth"},{"issue":"3","key":"10.1016\/j.midw.2011.09.011_bib33","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"274","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1440-172X.2010.01841.x","article-title":"Vaginal birth after caesarean risk decision-making: Australian findings on the mothers' perspective","volume":"16","author":"McGrath","year":"2010","journal-title":"International Journal of Nursing Practice"},{"issue":"1","key":"10.1016\/j.midw.2011.09.011_bib34","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"179","DOI":"10.1053\/beog.2000.0156","article-title":"Can we reduce the caesarean section rate?","volume":"15","author":"Robson","year":"2001","journal-title":"Best Practice and Research Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology"},{"issue":"4","key":"10.1016\/j.midw.2011.09.011_bib35","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"415","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1479-828X.2008.00867.x","article-title":"Elective caesarean delivery at maternal request: a preliminary study of motivations influencing women\u2019s decision making","volume":"48","author":"Robson","year":"2008","journal-title":"Australia New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.midw.2011.09.011_bib36","series-title":"Epidemiology: An Introduction","author":"Rothman","year":"2002"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.midw.2011.09.011_bib37","unstructured":"Socialstyrelsen, 2007. Pregnancies, Deliveries and Newborn Infants Assisted Reproduction, treatment 1991\u20132006. T. S. M. B. R. 1973\u20132007, Welfare NBoHa edn. 106 30 Stockholm."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.midw.2011.09.011_bib38","unstructured":"Thomas, J., Paranjothy, S., 2001. The National Sentinal Caesarean Section Audit Report. Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Clinical Effectiveness Support Unit. National Sentinel Caesarean Section Audit Report. RCOG Press."},{"issue":"2","key":"10.1016\/j.midw.2011.09.011_bib39","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"117","DOI":"10.1111\/j.0730-7659.2004.00289.x","article-title":"Increasing cesarean section rates: exploring the role of culture in an australian community","volume":"31","author":"Walker","year":"2004","journal-title":"Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.midw.2011.09.011_bib40","series-title":"Monte Carlo PCA for Parallel Analysis (Computer Software)","author":"Watkins","year":"2000"},{"issue":"1","key":"10.1016\/j.midw.2011.09.011_bib41","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"32","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1523-536X.2006.00144.x","article-title":"Are there \u2018unnecessary\u2019 cesarean sections? Perceptions of women and obstetricians about cesarean sections for nonclinical indications","volume":"34","author":"Weaver","year":"2007","journal-title":"Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.midw.2011.09.011_bib42","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"432","DOI":"10.1037\/0033-2909.99.3.432","article-title":"Comparison of five rules for determining the number of components to retain","volume":"99","author":"Zwick","year":"1986","journal-title":"Psychological Bulletin"}],"container-title":["Midwifery"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/api.elsevier.com\/content\/article\/PII:S0266613811001446?httpAccept=text\/xml","content-type":"text\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/api.elsevier.com\/content\/article\/PII:S0266613811001446?httpAccept=text\/plain","content-type":"text\/plain","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,2]],"date-time":"2025-10-02T15:42:42Z","timestamp":1759419762000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/linkinghub.elsevier.com\/retrieve\/pii\/S0266613811001446"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2012,12]]},"references-count":42,"journal-issue":{"issue":"6","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2012,12]]}},"alternative-id":["S0266613811001446"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.midw.2011.09.011","relation":{},"ISSN":["0266-6138"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0266-6138","type":"print"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2012,12]]},"assertion":[{"value":"Elsevier","name":"publisher","label":"This article is maintained by"},{"value":"Womens' attitudes and beliefs of childbirth and association with birth preference: A comparison of a Swedish and an Australian sample in mid-pregnancy","name":"articletitle","label":"Article Title"},{"value":"Midwifery","name":"journaltitle","label":"Journal Title"},{"value":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.midw.2011.09.011","name":"articlelink","label":"CrossRef DOI link to publisher maintained version"},{"value":"article","name":"content_type","label":"Content Type"},{"value":"Crown copyright \u00a9 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.","name":"copyright","label":"Copyright"}]}}