Table 1 Population characteristics
Variable | Acceptors | Decliners | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pre-counselling | Post-counselling | Total | Pre-counselling | Post-counselling | Total | |
n | n | n | n | n | n | |
Total number of women | 10 | 14 | 24 | 10 | 12 | 22 |
Maternal age | ||||||
  Mean maternal age | 31 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 29 | 30 |
  Maternal age <36 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 22 |
  Maternal age ≥36 |  | 2 | 2 |  |  |  |
Highest education | ||||||
  Low (secondary school) | 1 |  | 1 |  |  |  |
  Medium (secondary school and vocational education) | 4 |  | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
  High (high vocational education or university) | 5 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 17 |
Occupation | ||||||
  Paid job | 7 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 21 |
  Unemployed | 2 | 1 | 3 |  |  |  |
  Disabled |  |  |  |  |  |  |
  Housewife | 1 |  | 1 |  | 1 | 1 |
  Student |  | 1 | 1 |  |  |  |
Marital status | ||||||
  Married | 6 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
  Civil partnership | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
  Other (divorced, widowed) | 1 |  | 1 |  |  |  |
Parity | ||||||
  Nulliparous | 5 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
  Multiparous | 5 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
  Spontaneous abortion | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
Religion | ||||||
  Active religion | 1 |  | 1 |  | 2 | 2 |
  No active religion | 9 | 14 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
Experience with Down syndrome | ||||||
  Yes | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
  No | 6 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
Attitude towards abortion | ||||||
  In general | ||||||
   Against | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
   In favour | 5 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
   No opinion | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
 Personal | ||||||
   Yes |  | 2 | 2 |  |  |  |
   No | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
   Depending on situation | 8 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 13 |
Ethnicity | ||||||
  Western | 9 | 14 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
  Non-Western | 1 |  | 1 |  | 2 | 2 |