‘The greatest feeling you get, knowing you have made a big difference’: survey findings on the motivation and experiences of trained volunteer doulas in England

Table 1 Doulas’ sample characteristics (N = 89)

	Number	Percentage
Age
< 30	20	23 %
30–39	42	47 %
40 and over	27	30 %
Age of leaving full time education^a
16 or younger	33	37.5 %
17–19	28	32 %
20+	27	30.5 %
Ethnicity
White	71	80 %
Asian/British Asian	11	12 %
Black/Black British	5	6 %
‘Mixed’	1	1 %
‘Other’	1	1 %

Footnote: ^aAge of leaving fulltime education numbers total 88, due to missing data

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