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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study sample

From: Decision-making process about prenatal genetic screening: how deeply do moms-to-be want to know from Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing?

  

Total Sample (N = 191)

NIPT before COVID-19 (N = 74)

NIPT during COVID-19 (N = 117)

Age

M ± SD, range

35.53 ± 4.79

35.69 ± 4.13

35.45 ± 5.18

25–55

  

Educational level

    
 

Primary/middle school

3.7% (7)

  
 

High school

30.4% (58)

  
 

Bachelor/Master’s Degree

50.3% (96)

  
 

Post PhD

15.7% (30)

  

Marital Status

    
 

Single

6.8% (13)

  
 

Cohabiting/Married

92.1% (176)

  
 

Separated/Divorced

1.1% (2)

  

Origin

    
 

Northern Italy

28.8% (57)

27% (20)

31.6% (37)

 

Central Italy

46.6% (89)

52.7% (39)

42.7% (50)

 

Southern Italy

23.6% (45)

20.3% (15)

25.7% (30)

Number of NIPT

    
 

First

42.4% (75)

77% (57)

82.9% (97)

 

More than one

57.6% (102)

23% (17)

17.1% (20)

Type of NIPT

    
 

Pranatal Safe

42.5% (74)

35.7% (25)

47.1% (49)

 

Prenatalsafe Karyo

48.9% (85)

60% (42)

41.3% (43)

 

Prenatalsafe Complete

8.6% (15)

4.3% (3)

11.5% (12)