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Awareness of SCT genotype
| Characteristic | Informant N = 155 | Spouse N = 155 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
| Aware | ||||
| Yes | 135 | 87.1 | 128 | 82.3 |
| No | 20 | 12.9 | 27 | 17.4 |
| If yes, what | ||||
| AA | 1 | 0.7 | 5 | 3.9 |
| AS | 134 | 99.3 | 122 | 95.3 |
| SS | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.8 |
| Time of awareness | ||||
| Knowledge sake | 17 | 12.6 | 11 | 8.6 |
| School admission | 13 | 9.6 | 3 | 2.3 |
| Employment | 1 | 0.7 | 4 | 3.1 |
| Marriage | 29 | 21.5 | 33 | 25.8 |
| Child with SS | 61 | 45.2 | 72 | 56.3 |
| Pregnancy | 13 | 9.6 | 4 | 3.1 |
| Other | 1 | 0.7 | 1 | 0.8 |
