TABLE 1.

Table shows a summary overall personal network characteristics of the sample, along with a summary of patterns of communication with network alters (N = 162).

Measure		Full sample			Time of birth in relation to 23rd March (before/after)
		Range	Mean (SD)	Median	Range	Mean (SD)	Median
Overall network characteristics
Total number of alters	n	1, 15	11.4 (6.8)	10	2, 25/1, 25	11.9 (6.9)/10.1 (6.3)	10/9
Kin	n	1, 15	4.6 (2.5)	4	1, 15/1, 14	4.7 (2.5)/4.5 (2.5)	4/4
Mummy friends	n	0, 10	1.9 (2.2)	1	0, 10/0, 9	2.2 (2.3)/1.3 (1.9)	1/1
Seen in person in the last few weeks
Total number of alters	n	1, 14	3.9 (2.9)	3	1, 14/1, 11	3.9 (2.9)/4.0 (2.7)	3/3
	%	4.5, 100	40.9 (26.2)	33.3	4.5, 100/10.0, 100	38.7 (24.8)/46.4 (29.1)	33.3/40
Kin	n	1, 10	2.3 (1.6)	2	1, 10/1, 7	2.3 (1.6)/2.4 (1.7)	2/2
	%	10, 100	57.2 (31.6)	50	10, 100/14.3, 100	55.7 (31.0)/61.0 (33.2)	50/50
Mummy friends*	n	0, 5	0.5 (0.9)	0	0, 5/0, 4	0.6 (1.0)/0.4 (0.8)	0/0
	%	0.0, 100	31.2 (36.8)	20	0.0, 100/0.0, 100	30.9 (36.2)/32.1 (39.4)	20/5.6
Communicated with remotely in the last few weeks
Total number of alters	n	1, 25	10.8 (6.4)	10	1, 25/1, 23	11.4 (6.6)/9.4 (5.6)	10/8
	%	50.0, 100	95.4 (8.9)	100	50, 100/61.1, 100	95.6 (8.7)/95.0 (9.4)	100/100
Kin	n	0, 15	4.4 (2.5)	4	0, 15/0, 9	4.5 (2.6)/4.1 (2.1)	4/4
	%	0.0, 100	94.5 (15.9)	100	0.0, 100/0.0, 100	95.2 (15.2)/92.9 (17.4)	100/100
Mummy friends*	n	0, 10	1.8 (2.1)	1	0, 10/0, 8	2.1 (2.2)/1.2 (1.8)	1/1
	%	42.9, 100	98.0 (9.1)	100	42.9, 100/88.9, 100	97.4 (10.4)/99.6 (2.2)	100/100
Communicated remotely but not seen in the last few weeks
Total number of alters	n	0, 22	7.1 (5.3)	6	0, 22/0, 14	7.7 (5.6)/5.7 (4.0)	6/5
	%	0.0, 100	56.9 (25.8)	60	0, 100/0, 90	59.3 (24.5)/51.0 (28.2)	64.3/57.1
Kin	n	0, 11	2.3 (2.2)	2	0, 11/0, 6	2.4 (2.3)/1.9 (1.9)	2/2
	%	0.0, 100	42.3 (32.0)	50	0.0, 100/0.0, 100	44.1 (31.2)/37.9 (33.8)	50/33.3
Mummy friends*	n	0, 8	1.3 (1.6)	1	0, 8/0, 7	1.5 (1.8)/0.9 (1.5)	1/0
	%	0.0, 100	66.8 (37.7)	75	0.0, 100/0, 100	66.5 (37.4)/67.5 (39.2)	75/88.9

*Sample size for percentages is 107 as some participants reported no mummy friends.