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Table 1 Characteristics of study population in focus groups of Romani women, Serbia and Macedonia, n = 71*

From: "There's no kind of respect here" A qualitative study of racism and access to maternal health care among Romani women in the Balkans

Characteristic

n

Mean (sd) or percent

Country

  

   Serbia

34

50%

   Macedonia

34

50%

Residence type

  

   Capital city

39

57%

   Town

29

43%

Age

 

25.2 (7.1)

Range = 14-44

Education

  

   None

21

33%

   Unfinished primary

23

37%

   Primary

15

24%

   Secondary

3

5%

   University

1

2%

Marital status

  

   Married

41

60%

   In union

26

38%

   Single

1

1%

Number of children

 

2.5 (1.5)

Range = 1-8

Refugee/IDP status

  

   Yes

5

8%

   No

59

92%

  1. * n = 3 women chose not to answer the demographic survey; some column totals do not add to n = 68 due to missing data or to rounding