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Table 1 Overview of Individual Interviewees’ Characteristics

From: Reproductive choices: a qualitative study of Dutch Moroccan and Turkish consanguineously married women’s perspectives on preconception carrier screening

No.

Namea

Education

Ethnic back-ground

Migrant status

(1st or 2nd generation, age of migration)

Children

Disability/diseaseb

1

Nawel

Highly educated

Moroccan

1st generation, age 29

yes

Two children diseased

Genetic risk unknown

2

Kaoutar

Intermediate

Moroccan

1st generation, age 21

yes

Child diseased

Genetic risk present

3

Nesrin

Highly educated

Turkish

2nd generation

yes

Child diseased

Genetic risk unknown

4

Meryem (& Kerem)

Intermediate

Turkish

2nd generation

yes

Two children diseased

Genetic risk present

5

Aysel

Intermediate

Turkish

2nd generation

no

Child desired

6

Gülşen

Intermediate

Turkish

2nd generation

yes

 

7

Farida

Low

Moroccan

1st generation

yes

One child diseased

Genetic risk present

8

Malika

Low

Moroccan

1st generation

yes

 

9

Amade

Intermediate

Turkish

1st generation

yes

 

10

Sarah

Intermediate

Moroccan

2nd generation

yes

 
  1. aPseudonyms
  2. bDisability/disease not specified; the information is based on mothers’ evaluation of the disease and its genetic risk