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Table 1 Characteristics of women and their partners

From: Fathers’ engagement in pregnancy and childbirth: evidence from a national survey

 

n

%

Parity

  

Primiparous

2610

50.1

Multiparous

2603

49.9

Mother’s age

  

<25

795

15.7

25-34

2953

58.2

35+

1326

26.1

Father’s age

  

<25

217

9.6

25-34

1327

58.6

35+

721

31.8

Mother’s Ethnic group

  

White

4405

86.0

Mixed

94

1.8

Asian or Asian British

375

7.3

Black or Black British

185

3.6

Chinese or Other

63

1.2

Index of Multiple Deprivation (quintiles)

  

1 (least deprived)

1040

20.1

2

1024

19.8

3

1104

21.4

4

966

18.7

5

1036

20.0

Age woman left full-time education

  

</= 16 years

1176

23.0

>16 years

3948

77.0