Intergenerational Analysis of Some Characteristics of Women's Birth and Perceptions of Birth

The aim of this research is to examine some characteristics of women regarding their birth and their perceptions of birth. The research is descriptive/cross-sectional and was conducted between February and July 2023. The universe of the research consisted of women who were born and gave birth between 2000-1958, and 100 women were included in each group (Baby Boomer (BP) generation n=100, X generation n=100, Y generation n=100 people) in order to represent all three generations. It was completed with 300 women. The data were collected with the \"Personal Information Form and the Mother's Perception of Birth Scale (MPBS)\". The mean scores of the BP, X and Y generation women were 84.79±8.32, 79.32±1.53 and 71.32±11.93, respectively. It was found that there was a significant difference between the women's total mean score of MPBS between generations; it was found that the total mean score of MPBS of women in the BP generation was higher than that of women in other generations (p<0.05). It has been concluded that there are some changes in the birth perceptions and some characteristics of women between generations, and the perception of birth of women decreases from the BP generation to the Y generation.