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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Genet Couns. 2017 Feb 7;26(5):963–970. doi: 10.1007/s10897-017-0075-x

Table 5.

Concern About Risk for Alcohol Addiction Among Participants Who made Different Childbearing Decisions

Effect of Personal/Family History of Alcohol Addiction on Childbearing Decisions Mean Concern Score for Risk of Alcohol Addiction*
All Respondents Respondents Who Perceived Benefit of GC for Addiction Respondents Who Perceived No Benefit of GC for Addiction
Adopting or not having children (n = 6) 2.14 2.3 1.94
No effect on decision to have children (n = 71) 2.39 2.47 2.27
Didn’t know this was an issue when having family (n = 7) 2.86 3.33 2.5
Unsure/not ready for children (n = 29) 1.97 2.12 1.75
*

Scores range from 1–4 with higher scores indicating greater concern.