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School of Nursing & Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin: 8 th Annual Interdisciplinary Research Conference
Transforming Healthcare Through Research, Education & Technology: 7 th – 9 th November 2007
Conference Proceedings
Table 2. Socio-demographic Characteristics of Control Group (Men
without Pregnant Partners n =181 who responded)
Category Study Population Percent
(n)
Age
19-25 29 16.1%
26-32 47 26.0%
33-39 44 24.4%
40-46 28 15.5%
47-55 21 11.8%
56-64 11 6.2%
Social Class
Class I (Professional) 6 3.3%
Class II (Intermediate) 24 13.3%
Class III (Non-manual / Skilled) 35 19.3%
Class IV (Manual / Skilled) 36 19.9%
Class V (Unskilled Manual) 80 44.2%
Unemployed 0 0%
Marital status
Married 81 44.8%
Cohabiting 33 18.2%
Single 67 37%
Number of previous children
0 132 72.9%
1 20 11.0%
2 23 12.7%
3 5 2.8%
>3
Ethnic group
Caucasian 103 56.9%
Black African
Black Caribbean 62 34.3%
Black other
Asian 14 7.7%
Chinese 2 1.1%
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