Table 1. Service users’ sample characteristics.
# | County | Age | Employment | Income per week | Self-described ethnicity | Did the Service Users use MyOptions? |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Dublin | 34 | Finance | “High” | White Irish | No |
2 | Waterford | 30 | Student | €200 | White Irish | No |
3 | Galway | 40 | Unemployed | None | White Irish | Yes—referred by GP |
4 | Dublin | 42 | Office worker | €1200 | White Irish | Yes—portal of entry |
5 | Dublin | 47 | Information technology | €1300 | White Irish | No |
6 | Cork | 40 | Librarian | €600 | White Irish | No |
7 | Mayo | 30 | Agriculture | €190 | White European | Yes—referred by a hospital |
8 | Kildare | 44 | Counsellor | €400 | White Irish | Yes—portal of entry |
9 | Dublin | 23 | Unemployed | None | Malay | Yes—referred by GP |
10 | Kildare | 43 | Unemployed | None | Irish Catholic | Yes—found MyOptions on hospital website |
11 | Wicklow | 34 | Social worker | €205 | Catholic, White Irish | Yes—portal of entry |
12 | Dublin | 26 | Manager | €625 | White Irish | No |
13 | Carlow | 32 | Unemployed | €260 | Irish Catholic | Yes—portal of entry |
14 | Dublin | 39 | Researcher | €800 | Irish | Yes—portal of entry |
15 | Dublin | 37 | Business owner | €900 | White Caucasian | Yes—portal of entry |
16 | Cork | 35 | Engineer | €600 | White Irish | Yes—portal of entry |
17 | Kildare | 36 | Finance | €550 | White Irish | Yes—portal of entry |
18 | Dublin | 34 | Nursing | €850 | White Irish | Yes—portal of entry |
19 | Meath | 30 | Unemployed | None | European | No |
20 | Kildare | 33 | Nursing | €700 | White British | Yes—referred by a family planning clinic |
21 | Galway | 27 | Business consultant | €2200 | Irish Catholic | Yes—referred by a family planning clinic |
22 | Kildare | 35 | Self-employed | €1000 | White Irish | Yes—portal of entry |
23 | Kildare | 28 | Healthcare | €450 | White Irish | Yes—referred by GP |
24 | Galway | 28 | Student | €250 | White European | Yes—referred by GP |
25 | Kildare | 32 | Human resources | €900 | White Irish | Yes—referred by a family planning clinic |
26 | Laois | 38 | Carer | €350 | Caucasian, European-Irish | Yes—referred by GP |
27 | Meath | 39 | Teacher | €675 | White Irish | Yes—portal of entry |
28 | Donegal | 35 | Administration | €420 | White Irish | No |
29 | Tipperary | 37 | Humanitarian aid | €2000 | White Irish | No |
30 | Dublin | 24 | Administration | €300 | Irish Caucasian | Yes—portal of entry |