Table 2.

Patient characteristics: Mean (SD) age was 28.6 (3.51) years for French-speaking pregnant patients in Quebec and 59.3 (13.2) years for English-speaking patients facing treatment decisions in New Hampshire.

CHARACTERISTICFRENCH-SPEAKING PATIENTS N = 123, N (%)ENGLISH-SPEAKING PATIENTS N = 1474, N (%)
Female123 (100)765 (52)
Education*
  • University62 (50)671 (46)
  • Some college education or a high school diploma56 (46)689 (47)
  • Less than a high school diploma5 (4)96 (7)
  • * Education category for English-speaking patients does not add to 100 owing to missing data.