Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics of the women surveyed

Characteristics	No. (total 251)	%
Age (years) <30 31–35 >35 Unknown	67 85 97 2	26.7% 33.9% 38.6% 0.8%
Nationality Italian Foreign	220 31	87.7% 12.3%
Level of education Low Medium High	16 116 119	6.4% 46.2% 47.4%
Occupation Employed Unemployed Health care professional Unknown	131 73 23 24	52.2% 29.1% 9.2% 9.5%
Marital status Married Other Unknown	142 106 3	56.6% 42.23% 1.2%
No. of children None One More than one Unknown	120 96 32 3	47.9% 38.2% 12.7% 1.2%