Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of study participants (n = 98)
| African n = 18 | Caribbean n = 11 | Chinese n = 23 | British White n = 23 | Pakistani n = 23 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||
| Participants’ education | Up to GCSE level | 5 (28) | 6 (55) | 9 (39) | 7 (30) | 12 (52) |
| Above GCSE level | 13 (72) | 5 (45) | 14 (61) | 16 (70) | 11 (48) | |
| Age (years) | Mean (SD) | 26 (4.6) | 30 (7.2) | 31 (4.2) | 32 (4.2) | 29 (5.4) |
| Parity | Primiparous | 9 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 6 |
| Multiparous | 9 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 17 | |
| Religion | None | 3 (27) | 13 (57) | 11 (48) | ||
| Christian | 15 (84) | 8 (73) | 7 (30) | 11 (48) | ||
| Buddhist | 3 (13) | |||||
| Muslim | 3 (16) | 1 (4) | 23 (100) | |||
| Place of birth | Africa | 18 (100) | ||||
| UK | 11 (100) | 23 (100) | 11 (48) | |||
| China | 23 (100) | |||||
| Pakistan | 12 (52) | |||||
| Preferred written language | French | 5 (28) | ||||
| Mandarin | 15 (65) | |||||
| English | 13 (72) | 8 (35) | 23 (100) | 15 (65) | ||
| Urdu | 8 (35) | |||||
| Time in UK (Years) – only asked of participant born outside the UK1 | Mean (range; SD) | 5.1 (1–11; 2.7) | 5.9 (1–10; 3.0) | 7.3 (1–18; 6.7) | ||
1Missing for three African, two Chinese and three Pakistani participants.