Table 1 Participant characteristics
From: Who’s holding the baby? A prospective diary study of the contact patterns of mothers with an infant
Boroondara n = 98 | Hume – English language n = 101 | Hume – Turkish language n = 21 | |
|---|---|---|---|
Sex female % | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Median (range) participant age, years | 34.7 (25–44) | 32 (20–42) | 30 (26–42) |
Median (range) infant age, days | 137 (29–385) | 137 (47–327) | 177 (14–371) |
Household size, mean (SD) | 3.6 (0.8) | 3.8 (1.0) | 4.1 (1.5) |
Home owned outright or with mortgage n (%) | 64 (65%) | 87 (86%) | 13 (62%) |
Renting n (%) | 32 (33%) | 13 (13%) | 6 (29%) |
Married or living with partner n (%) | 96 (98%) | 96 (95%) | 19 (90%) |
Income n (%) $2000 or more $1600–$1999 $1599 or less | 80 (82%) 12 (12%) 6 (6%) | 52 (51%) 22 (22%) 27 (27%) | 3 (14%) 5 (24%) 13 (62%) |
University qualification n (%) | 77 (76%) | 54 (55%) | 8 (38%) |
Australian born n (%) | 81 (83%) | 88 (87%) | 13 (62%) |