Table 3.
Sociodemographic characteristics of intervention/focus group participants (N=18)
| n (%) | ||
| Age (years) (n=18) |
25–34 | 5 (28) |
| 35–44 | 11 (61) | |
| 45–54 | 2 (11) | |
| 55–64 | 0 | |
| 65 and over | 0 | |
| Marital status (n=18) |
Single | 0 |
| Married/living with partner | 16 (89) | |
| Widowed | 0 | |
| Divorced/separated | 1 (5.5) | |
| I prefer not to say. | 1 (5.5) | |
| Education (n=18) |
Some high school or less | 0 |
| High school diploma or General Educational Development | 1 (5.5) | |
| Some college, but no degree | 1 (5.5) | |
| Associates or technical degree. | 3 (17) | |
| Bachelor’s degree | 3 (17) | |
| Graduate or professional degree (MA, MS, MBA, PhD, JD, MD, DDS) | 9 (50) | |
| I prefer not to say. | 1 (5.5) | |
| Employment status (n=18) |
Working full-time | 0 |
| Working part-time | 1 (5.5) | |
| Unemployed and looking for work | 4 (22) | |
| A homemaker or stay-at-home parent | 7 (39) | |
| Student | 2 (11) | |
| Retired | 0 | |
| Other | 0 | |
| I prefer not to say. | 4 (22) | |
| Ethnicity (n=18) |
Arab | 5 (28) |
| Asian | 10 (55) | |
| Not reported | 3 (17) | |
| Length of time in the UK (years) (n=17)* | 1–5 | 1 (5.5) |
| 5–10 | 5 (28) | |
| 10–15 | 11 (61) | |
| 15–20 | 0 | |
| 20 and more | 0 | |
| I prefer not to say. | 1 (5.5) |
*One participant was born in the UK.