Characteristics (n) | Â | |
---|---|---|
Number of interviews conducted | Â | 61 |
Gender (n) | Â | Â |
 Mother |  | 61 |
 Father |  | 35 |
 | Mother | Father |
Average age in years (age range of all parents) | 30 (20–42) | 35 (21–52) |
Occupation of all parents (n) | Â | Â |
 Non manual | 16 | 27 |
 Manual | 16 | 26 |
 Student | 5 | 3 |
 Not in employment | 11 | 4 |
 Homemaker | 12 | 1 |
Education of all parents (n) | Â | Â |
 Higher degree | 16 | 12 |
 First degree | 15 | 13 |
 Diplomas in higher education | 6 | 3 |
 A/AS levels | 4 | 3 |
 O/GCSE levels | 14 | 14 |
 Other | 2 | 12 |
 None | 4 | 3 |
 Unknown | 0 | 1 |
Ethnicity of all parents (n) | Â | Â |
 White (European) | 50 | 52 |
  Welsh | 48 | 51 |
  Romanian | 1 | 0 |
  Polish | 1 | 1 |
 Ethnic minority | 11 | 9 |
 Bangladeshi | 4 | 4 |
 African | 2 | 1 |
 Middle Eastern | 2 | 2 |
 South East Asian | 1 | 1 |
 Pakistani | 2 | 1 |
Socio-economic status % (n) | Â | Â |
Affluent neighbourhood | 43% (26) | Â |
Deprived neighbourhood | 57% (35) | Â |
Number of children % (n) | Â | Â |
Expectant mother with no child | 11% (7) | Â |
Expectant mother > 1 child | 48% (29) |  |
Families with child ≤ 12 months of age | 41% (25) |  |
Average number of children per family (range(n)) | 1.7 (1–5) |  |
Average age of children (age range) | 4.75Â years (1Â month-18Â years) | Â |
Breastfeeding (children ≤ 12 months of age) % (n) |  |  |
Plan to/have breast fed child | 41% (25) | Â |
Plan to/have breast fed and bottle fed child | 36% (22) | Â |
Plan to/bottle fed child | 23% (14) | Â |