Table 2

Sociodemographic characteristics of 46 participants

CharacteristicNumber of participants
Age at the time of interview (years)
 21–303
 31–4030
 40+13
Age at time of near miss event (years)
 21–3011
 31–4030
 40+5
Sex
 Women/mothers35
 Fathers/partners11
Occupation
 Professional20
 Other non-manual13
 Skilled manual4
 Unskilled manual2
 Other (such as housewife or student)7
Ethnic group
 White British42
 British Pakistani1
 White Australian2
 White Israeli1
Time since near miss (years)
 <19
 1–216
 2–515
 5–94
 10+2