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Table 1 Sample characteristics (N = 21)

From: Mothers’ experience of their contact with their stillborn infant: An interpretative phenomenological analysis

 

Mean (SD) or N (%)

Age (years)

35.43 (5.22)

Marital status

 

 Married

14 (66.67 %)

 Co-habiting

7 (33.33 %)

Ethnic background

 

 White UK

18 (85.17 %)

 White other

2 (9.52 %)

 Other

1 (4.76 %)

Employment status

 

 Full-time

12 (57.14 %)

 Part-time

5 (23.81 %)

 Home-maker

2 (9.52 %)

 Unemployed

2 (9.52 %)

Household income

 

 £0-19,999

2 (9.52 %)

 £20-29,999

2 (9.52 %)

 £30-39,999

5 (23.81 %)

 £40-49,999

4 (19.05 %)

 £ + 50,000

8 (38.1 %)

Total number of pregnancies (including stillbirth)

2.0 (1.2)

Weeks of gestation at stillbirth

35.17 (5.21)

History of previous pregnancy loss

 

 Miscarriage

3 (14.29 %)

 Stillbirth

1 (4.76 %)