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Listening to Mothers III: Data Briefs (2013)

This report explore women's experiences from before pregnancy through the months after birth. Funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the survey polled 2,400 women who gave birth in U.S. hospitals from 2011 to 2012. These data briefs provide an in-depth look at highly...

Listening to Mothers II: Weighting (2006)

This survey was carried out in January-February 2006 in partnership with Lamaze International. It surveyed women who gave birth in U.S. hospitals in 2005. This document summarizes how data were weighted by key demographic variables to more accurately reflect the...

Listening to Mothers II: Methodology (2006)

This survey was carried out in January-February 2006 in partnership with Lamaze International. It surveyed women who gave birth in U.S. hospitals in 2005. This is the survey methodology.

Cesarean Birth Trends 1989-2015

The preliminary national cesarean rate for 2014 is 32.2 percent of all births. This is a slight drop from the national peak of 32.9 percent in 2009.

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