Table 1.

Participant characteristics

	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%)