TABLE 1.

Expectant and New Parents – Data Collection Methods and Samples

Data Collection Method	Time Data Collected	Sample
Repeated in-depth interviews	Early weeks: <12 weeks	9 women and their partners
	Middle weeks: 12–28 weeks	Cohort followed from early pregnancy to early weeks at home
	Final weeks: 28–40 weeks
	Postbirth: 8 weeks after birth
Focus groups	Middle weeks	15 women and partners
	Final weeks	16 women and partners
	Postbirth	15 women and partners
		(Different samples used at each period)
Surveys	Middle weeks	52 women and partners
	Final weeks	46 women and partners
	Postbirth	48 women and partners
		(Different samples used each period)
Participant observation of antenatal education sessions	Final weeks	50 women and partners
Total number of participants		251 women and partners