Table 2.
Parent and infant characteristics
| Characteristics | n (20) |
|---|---|
| Age of parent (years) | |
| 20–29 | 11 |
| 30–39 | 9 |
| Gender | |
| Female | 19 |
| Male | 1 |
| Ethnicity | |
| White British or Irish | 18 |
| European | 2 |
| Employment status | |
| Unemployed | 5 |
| Employed | 14 |
| Self-employed | 1 |
| Smoking status | |
| Regular smoker | 3 |
| Non smoker | 13 |
| Occasional smoker | 4 |
| Parent Body Mass Index (BMI)/weight status | |
| < 18.5 (Underweight) | 1 |
| 18.5–24.9 (Healthy Weight) | 7 |
| 25–29.9 (Overweight) | 7 |
| 30–39.9 (Obese) | 3 |
| 40 > (Morbidly Obese) | 1 |
| Missing Data | 1 |
| Level of education | |
| GCSEs | 3 |
| NVQs | 2 |
| A Level | 3 |
| Diploma | 7 |
| Degree | 3 |
| Higher Degree | 2 |
| Age of infant | |
| Newborn – 12 weeks | 1 |
| 3–6 months | 13 |
| 7–9 months | 3 |
| 10–12 months | 3 |
| Infant gender | |
| Male | 10 |
| Female | 10 |
| Infant Birth Weight | |
| < 2.93 kg | 4 |
| 2.93 to <3.24 kg | 5 |
| 3.24 to <3.49 kg | 2 |
| 3.49 kg to <3.81 kg | 5 |
| > 3.81 kg | 4 |
| Infant ever breastfed | |
| Yes | 18 |
| No | 2 |
| Geographical Area of Cambridgeshire | |
| Wisbech | 16 |
| Littleport | 3 |
| Ely | 1 |