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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study population in high urbanisation and low urbanisation regions

From: Perspectives, preferences and needs regarding early prediction of preeclampsia in Dutch pregnant women: a qualitative study

 

High urbanisation (n = 27)

Low urbanisation (n = 18)

 

Nulliparous (n = 11)

Multiparous (n = 16)

Nulliparous (n = 8)

Multiparous (n = 10)

Mean maternal age

33.8

33.7

28.3

30.5

Marital status

    

 Partner

11

16

8

10

 Single

–

–

–

–

Highest educationa

    

 Low

–

–

1

–

 Intermediate

1

3

3

4

 High

10

13

4

6

Occupation

    

 Paid job

11

16

7

9

 Unemployed

–

–

1

–

 Housewife

–

–

–

1

Etnic originb

    

 Dutch

9

14

8

10

 Non-Dutch

2

2

–

–

General experience with preeclampsiac

    

 Yes

4

13

5

5

 No

7

3

3

5

  1. aEducation was defined as ‘low’ (elementary school, lower level of secondary school), ‘Intermediate’ (higher level of secondary school and intermediate vocational training) and ‘high’ (higher vocational training and university)
  2. bEthnic origin in the Netherlands is defined by country of birth of a person’s parents. If one or both parents are born outside the Netherlands a person is considered non-Dutch (Dutch National Office of Statistics; Statistics of the Netherlands)
  3. cGeneral experience was described as ‘have or have not people in your social environment who have experienced preeclampsia’
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