Characteristics of women selected for interview (n=36)
| Site 1 participants (n=18) | Site 2 participants (n=18) | |
| Age (years) | ||
| ≤20 | 0 | 3 |
| 21–30 | 4 | 4 |
| 31–40 | 11 | 11 |
| ≤40 | 3 | 0 |
| Age at leaving full-time education (years) | ||
| ≤16 | 1 | 3 |
| 17 | 1 | 5 |
| 18 | 3 | 1 |
| ≥19 | 13 | 9 |
| Occupational classification* | ||
| 1–3 | 10 | 6 |
| 4–6 | 5 | 8 |
| 7–9 | 2 | 3 |
| Not employed | 1 | 1 |
| Parity | ||
| 0 | 9 | 10 |
| ≥1 | 9 | 8 |
| SIMD† | ||
| 1–3 | 13 | 13 |
| 4–5 | 5 | 5 |
↵* Standard Occupational Classification (SOC 2000) taken from the 2000 Census (available at: http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/classifications/archived-standard-classifications/standard-occupational-classification-2000/index.html): 1. Managers and senior officials, 2. Professional occupations, 3. Associate professional and technical occupations, 4. Administrative and secretarial occupation, 5. Skilled trade occupations, 6. Personal service occupations, 7. Sales and customer service occupations, 8. Process and plant and machine operatives and 9. Elementary occupations.
↵† Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2009: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/10/28104046/0. SIMD 1 is the most deprived quintile. SIMD 5 is the least deprived quintile.
SIMD, Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation.