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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Nov 26.
Published in final edited form as: J Genet Couns. 2011 Aug 9;21(1):59–71. doi: 10.1007/s10897-011-9391-8

Table 3.

Fragile X interview items regarding maternal role salience (desire to be a Mother)

Desire to be a mother Carrier (n=20) Non-carrier (n=18) At-risk (n=15)
How do you think knowledge of your carrier status (at-risk: knowing you could be a carrier) may influence (or may have influenced) your desire
  to have children?
  No effect 60% (12/20) 72% (13/18) 33% (5/15)
  Positive effect (made me want them more) 10% (2/20) 27% (5/18) 13% (2/15)
  Negative effect (made me want them less) 25% (5/20) 0 20% (3/15)
  Uncertain 5% (1/20) 0 26% (4/15)