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Table 3 Demographic characteristics per response-group in the first year PCC was offered.

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

2000

 

Excluded

N = 5,176

Non responders

n = 4,561

Not interested

n = 1,831

Interested

n = 1,480

Age

< 20 years

202 (4%)

193 (4%)

90 (5%)

83 (6%)

 

20 to 24 years

632 (12%)

806 (18%)

268 (15%)

379 (26%)

 

25 to 29 years

824 (16%)

1,081 (24%)

319 (17%)

510 (34%)

 

30 to 34 years

1242 (24%)

1,128 (25%)

518 (28%)

362 (24%)

 

> 34 years

2274 (44%)

1,354 (29%)

635 (35%)

146 (10%)

Marital status

Married/cohabiting

854 (76%)

1,124 (77%)

389 (73%)

537 (72%)

 

Permanent relationship

101 (9%)

108 (7%)

49 (9%)

93 (13%)

 

Single

173 (15%)

220 (15%)

96 (18%)

108 (15%)

Country of birth

The Netherlands

1,042 (93%)

1,353 (93%)

511 (95%)

688 (92%)

 

Surinam/Netherlands Antilles

16 (1%)

24 (2%)

3 (1%)

12 (2%)

 

Turkey/Morocco

21 (2%)

13 (1%)

3 (1%)

8 (1%)

 

Other

42 (4%)

61 (4%)

15 (3%)

34 (5%)

Education

Basic

261 (25%)

366 (27%)

115 (23%)

101 (14%)

 

Intermediate

470 (44%)

569 (41%)

208 (41%)

350 (50%)

 

University/college

330 (31%)

437 (32%)

178 (36%)

252 (36%)

Medical insurance‡§

National health insurance

27 (69%)

45 (72%)

1 (50%)

198 (67%)

 

Insurance for civil service employees

3 (8%)

3 (5%)

0 (0%)

7 (2%)

 

Private insurance

9 (23%)

13 (21%)

1 (50%)

91 (31%)

 

Not insured

0 (0%)

1 (2%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

Previous pregnancies

Yes

452 (40%)

570 (39%)

235 (44%)

444 (60%)

 

No

689 (60%)

892 (61%)

299 (56%)

298 (40%)

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