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. 2026 Jul 17;10:e85788. doi: 10.2196/85788

Table 2.

Demographic characteristics of UK perimenopausal and postmenopausal women in an online experiment on menopause-related social media narratives by experimental condition (N=737).


Normal framing condition (n=248) Distress framing condition (n=241) Transformative framing condition (n=248) Total
Age (y), mean (SD; range) 52.976 (8.455; 40-83) 53.386 (8.070; 40-75) 52.625 (8.487; 40-78) 52.992 (8.336; 40-83)
Menopause stage, n (%)

Perimenopause 130 (52.4) 117 (48.5) 138 (55.6) 385 (52.2)

Postmenopause 118 (47.6) 124 (51.5) 110 (44.4) 352 (47.8)
Post-16 education (y), mean (SD; range) 5.516 (3.948; 0-20) 5.083 (3.602; 0-20) 5.149 (3.688; 0-18) 5.251 (3.750; 0-20)