Developing a General Population Screening Programme for Paediatric Type 1 Diabetes: Evidence from a Qualitative Study of the Perspectives and Attitudes of Parents

Table 2

Characteristics of parent participants.

Mother or father
Mother			Father
24			10
Age of parent in years
25–29	30–34	35–39	40–44	45+
5	4	12	8	3
Number of children
1	2		3	4+
8	18		5	3
Parental ethnicity
Afro-caribbean	Arabic	Asian	Mixed/multiple	White British
5	6	2	4	20
Location by region
North-East	North-West	Midlands	South-East	South-West
2	1	28	2	2
Socio-economic Status—National Statistics Socioeconomic Classification (NS-SEC)
1–2; Higher/lower managerial, professional occupations	3–4; Intermediate occupations, small employers	5–6; Lower supervisory, semi-routine	7–8; Routine occupations, never worked/unemployed	Unknown or not classified
22	5	1	7	3
Experience of diabetes
Parent with T1D	Child with T1D	Other family member/friend with T1D	Family member with T2D	No family history
3 (Mothers)	7	4	4	17

Unknown for two; unknown for three; unknown type of diabetes for three.