Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of participants and non-participants in a preconceptional CF carrier screening programme^1-150

		Participants (76 couples)				Non-participants (53 couples)
		Women (n=76)	Men (n=74)			Women (n=53)	Men (n=52)
Age (mean (range))	28.5 (20–44)	30.9 (20–45)^1-153		27.6 (20–37)	30.4 (23–41)^1-153
Marital status (% married)	45	45		45	46
Level of education^1-151 (%)
Low	13	16		19	23
Medium	42	42		51	40
High	45	42		30	37
Children (% having children)	26	27		42	42
Planning children (% within 2 years)	55	49		62	58
Religion^1-152 (%)
No religion	47	52		53	59
Religion, irregular practice	49	43		34	31
Religion, regular practice	4	5		13	10

For three couples, sociodemographic data for the man were missing.
↵1-150 Age was evaluated by t test; all other characteristics were evaluated by chi-square.
↵1-151 Low: primary school, lower level of secondary school, lower vocational training. Medium: higher level of secondary school, intermediate vocational training. High: higher vocational training, university.
↵1-152 Irregular practice: church attendance <1 month. Regular practice: church attendance ⩾1 month.
↵1-153 Significant at p<0.05 for comparison of men and women within the couples.