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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of the women eligible in the three years PCC was offered.

From: Preconception counselling initiated by general practitioners in the Netherlands: reaching couples contemplating pregnancy [ISRCTN53942912]

  

2000

2001

2002

  

n = 13,048

n = 8,312

n = 5,866

Age

< 20 years

568 (4%)

490 (6%)

491 (9%)

 

20 to 24 years

2,084 (16%)

1,495 (18%)

1,431 (24%)

 

25 to 29 years

2,735 (21%)

1,952 (24%)

1,494 (26%)

 

30 to 34 years

3,250 (25%)

2,097 (25%)

1,371 (23%)

 

> 34 years

4,410 (34%)

2,278 (27%)

1,079 (18%)

Marital status*

Married/cohabiting

2,903 (75%)

1,294 (76%)

607 (60%)

 

Permanent relationship

351 (9%)

154 (9%)

174 (17%)

 

Single

597 (16%)

264 (15%)

236 (23%)

Country of birth*

The Netherlands

3,593 (93%)

1,598 (93%)

949 (93%)

 

Surinam/Netherlands Antilles

55 (1%)

25 (2%)

17 (2%)

 

Turkey/Morocco

45 (1%)

15 (1%)

11 (1%)

 

Other

152 (4%)

75 (4%)

41 (4%)

Education*

Basic

843 (23%)

384 (24%)

189 (19%)

 

Intermediate

1,596 (44%)

691 (42%)

474 (49%)

 

University/college

1,197 (33%)

550 (34%)

307 (32%)

Medical insurance*†

National health insurance

271 (68%)

124 (66%)

105 (63%)

 

Insurance for civil service employees

13 (3%)

11 (6%)

9 (6%)

 

Private insurance

114 (29%)

51 (27%)

51 (31%)

 

Not insured

1 (0%)

2 (1%)

0 (0%)

Previous pregnancies*

Yes

1,701 (44%)

773 (45%)

644 (63%)

 

No

2,177 (56%)

950 (55%)

377 (37%)

  1. * Because these characteristics were collected from two different questionnaires that not all women received, the numbers do not add up to the total number of women per response group.
  2. This characteristic was included in only one of the two questionnaires.