Table 1.

Characteristics of sample

Sample (N = 21)
Age (years)	Range = 26–45	Mean = 34.4
Marital Status	Married = 15	Partner = 5	No response = 1
Ethnicity	White British = 16	British Asian = 1	Mixed race British = 2	White American = 1 African =1, Asian =1
Employment	Yes = 19	No = 2
Contracted employment hours	Full time = 11	Part-time = 8	Unemployed = 2
No. of children	Range = 1–4	Mean = 1.9
First CS	Yes = 12	No = 9
No. of CSs in the past	None = 12	1–3 = 9
Type of CS	Elective = 12	Emergency = 9
Experience of infection after last CS	Yes = 4	No = 17