Table 1.
Descriptive demographics of the sample.
| Mothers | 28 |
|---|---|
| Age (years) | |
| 25–29 | 3 |
| 30–34 | 8 |
| 35–39 | 12 |
| ≥40 | 5 |
| Marital Status | |
| Married/De facto | 27 |
| Single/Divorced | 1 |
| Education | |
| Year 12 equivalent | 4 |
| TAFE 1 or trade qualification | 5 |
| University Degree or higher | 19 |
| Ethnicity | |
| Australian-born | 17 |
| Other nationality | 11 |
| Main Shopper in the household | |
| Yes | 23 |
| Shared the responsibility | 4 |
| No | 1 |
| Work Status | |
| On maternity leave | 2 |
| Employed full-time | 3 |
| Employed part-time/casual | 12 |
| Home duties/unemployed | 7 |
| Student | 4 |
| SEIFA 2 using Tertiles | |
| High SEIFA | 17 |
| Mid SEIFA | 6 |
| Low SEIFA | 5 |
| Mean Child Age (months) ± SD | 38.68 ± 11.1 or (3.22 ± 0.93) years |
1 TAFE: vocational education for apprenticeships and traineeships. 2 SEIFA: socio-economic indexes for areas, a measure developed by the Australian Bureau of Statistics that ranks geographic areas in Australia according to relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage [38].