Demographic features of the cohort
| Respondents (n) | Percentage | |
| Age (n = 235) | ||
| 18–25 | 0 | 0 |
| 26–30 | 23 | 9.8 |
| 31–35 | 93 | 39.6 |
| 36–40 | 79 | 33.6 |
| 41+ | 40 | 17 |
| Result (n = 232) * | ||
| No increased risk | 227 | 97.8 |
| Increased risk of trisomies 13, 18 or 21† | 3 | 1.3 |
| Increased risk for a sex chromosome aneuploidy‡ | 1 | 0.4 |
| Other‡ | 1 | 0.4 |
| Highest level of education (n = 225) | ||
| Primary school | 0 | 0 |
| Secondary school | 19 | 8.4 |
| Technical or trade certificate | 27 | 12 |
| Bachelor’s degree | 106 | 47.1 |
| Postgraduate qualification (eg, Masters, PhD) | 73 | 32.4 |
| Number of children (n = 227) | ||
| 1 | 126 | 55.5 |
| 2 | 77 | 33.9 |
| 3 | 21 | 9.3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0.9 |
| 5+ | 1 | 0.4 |
| Further children planned (n = 223) | ||
| Yes | 88 | 39.5 |
| No | 71 | 31.8 |
| Currently pregnant | 13 | 5.8 |
| Unsure | 51 | 22.9 |
| Marital status (n = 225) | ||
| Single | 5 | 2.2 |
| Partnered | 39 | 17.3 |
| Married | 180 | 80 |
| Divorced | 1 | 0.4 |
| Household income ($AUD) (n = 219) | ||
| Less than $25 000 | 1 | 0.5 |
| $25 000–$49 999 | 5 | 2.3 |
| $50 000–$69 999 | 6 | 2.7 |
| $70 000–$99 999 | 27 | 12.3 |
| $100 000–$129 999 | 46 | 21 |
| $130 000–$149 999 | 35 | 16 |
| More than $150 000 | 99 | 45.2 |
| Political affiliation (n = 214) | ||
| Liberal/left | 97 | 45.4 |
| Moderate/centrist | 86 | 40.2 |
| Conservative/right | 31 | 14.5 |
| Has a disability (n = 226) | ||
| Yes | 3 | 1.3 |
| No | 223 | 98.7 |
| Has close family member with a disability (n = 224) | ||
| Yes | 54 | 24.1 |
| No | 170 | 75.9 |
*The proportion of women who received any high-risk result was 2.2%, comparable to the overall number of high-risk results from the percept test (2.1%, internal VCGS data).
↵†All confirmed with invasive diagnostic testing; all three pregnancies were terminated.
‡False positive.