Table 1.
Participant characteristics
| Participant characteristics | n = 45 |
|---|---|
| Maternal age – mean; range | 36; 23–45 |
| Educational level | |
| No qualification | 0 |
| GCSE or O level | 4 |
| GCE, A level or similar | 3 |
| Vocational (BTEC/NVQ/Diploma) | 6 |
| Degree level or above | 32 |
| Ethnicity | |
| White or White British | 33 |
| Asian or Asian British | 5 |
| Black or Black British | 3 |
| Other ethnic group | 3 |
| Mixed | 1 |
| Which faith | |
| None | 18 |
| Christian | 17 |
| Muslim | 6 |
| Jewish | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
| Sikh | 0 |
| Hindu | 1 |
| Buddhist | 0 |
| DSS risk | |
| Medium risk | 32 |
| High risk | 13 |
| Further testing | |
| NIPT | 39 |
| NIPT and invasive testing | 3 |
| No further testing | 3 |
DSS, Down syndrome screening; DS, Down syndrome; NIPT, non‐invasive prenatal testing.