Characteristics of the women in the psychometric field test samples
| Variable | Field test 1 | Field test 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | (n) | % | (n) | |
| *Field test 2 includes one woman who was continuing her pregnancy but miscarried in the 24 hours before completing the measure. †In field tests 1 and 2, 68 (94%) and 147 (99%) respectively were currently pregnant and about to terminate their pregnancies. ‡In field tests 1 and 2, 54 (78%) and 177 (91%) respectively had a child under 1 year. | ||||
| Pregnancy situation | n = 390 | n = 651 | ||
| continuing pregnancy* | 63.8 | (249) | 47.3 | (308) |
| abortion† | 18.5 | (72) | 22.9 | (149) |
| postnatal‡ | 17.7 | (69) | 29.8 | (194) |
| Age | n = 385 | n = 648 | ||
| under 20 | 7.0 | (27) | 11.8 | (77) |
| 20–24 | 13.5 | (52) | 15.6 | (101) |
| 25–29 | 24.4 | (94) | 21.0 | (136) |
| 30–34 | 29.6 | (114) | 30.1 | (195) |
| 35–39 | 20.8 | (80) | 17.7 | (115) |
| 40+ | 4.7 | (18) | 3.7 | (24) |
| range | 14–47 | 14–47 | ||
| Number of children | n = 388 | n = 651 | ||
| 0 | 37.4 | (145) | 37.5 | (244) |
| 1 | 34.8 | (135) | 36.1 | (235) |
| 2 | 19.1 | (74) | 17.8 | (116) |
| 3 | 5.7 | (22) | 5.7 | (37) |
| 4 | 2.1 | (8) | 1.5 | (10) |
| 5+ | 0.8 | (4) | 1.4 | (9) |
| Who women live with | n = 387 | n = 651 | ||
| husband | 55.6 | (215) | 50.4 | (328) |
| partner | 20.9 | (81) | 19.8 | (129) |
| husband and parents | 2.6 | (10) | 2.0 | (13) |
| partner and parents | 1.8 | (8) | 2.3 | (15) |
| parents | 5.1 | (20) | 9.5 | (62) |
| alone | 9.5 | (37) | 10.0 | (65) |
| other relatives or friends | 4.1 | (16) | 4.3 | (28) |
| other | 0.3 | (1) | 1.7 | (11) |
| Woman’s place of birth | n = 388 | n = 648 | ||
| Britain | 73.5 | (285) | 77.6 | (503) |
| elsewhere | 26.5 | (103) | 22.4 | (145) |
| Ethnicity | n = 389 | n = 650 | ||
| White | ||||
| white British | 65.0 | (253) | 71.7 | (466) |
| white Irish | 3.1 | (12) | 2.3 | (15) |
| white other | 9.5 | (37) | 8.9 | (58) |
| Mixed | ||||
| mixed—white and black Caribbean | 0.5 | (2) | 0.6 | (4) |
| mixed—white and black African | 0.5 | (2) | 0.2 | (1) |
| mixed—white and Asian | 0.5 | (2) | 0.6 | (4) |
| mixed-other | 0.8 | (3) | 0.3 | (2) |
| Asian | ||||
| Asian—Indian | 2.1 | (8) | 1.4 | (9) |
| Asian—Pakistani | 1.8 | (7) | 4.5 | (10) |
| Asian—Bangladeshi | 1.3 | (5) | 0.8 | (5) |
| Asian—other | 2.6 | (10) | 1.7 | (11) |
| Black/Black British | ||||
| Black Caribbean | 4.4 | (17) | 3.5 | (23) |
| Black African | 5.4 | (21) | 4.0 | (26) |
| Black other | 0.3 | (1) | 0.3 | (2) |
| Chinese or other | ||||
| Chinese | 1.5 | (6) | 0.8 | (5) |
| Other | 0.8 | (3) | 1.4 | (9) |