TABLE 1.

Demographic details of contributing academic mothers

Author	Role	Age range	Marital status	Carer status	Number of children	Total time of child related leave	Ethnicity	Migration experience
DB	Lecturer in Business	40–44 years old	Married	Primary carer	3	54 months	European (German‐Australian)	Poland – Middle East – Germany – Australia
MD	Senior Lecturer in Media and Communication	45–50 years old	De facto	Primary carer	2 a	15 months	Anglo‐Australian	N/A
AJ	Senior Lecturer in Literary Studies	40–44 years old	Married	Primary carer	3	27 months	Iraqi‐Irish Muslim	England – Scotland – Northern Ireland – Australia
CT	Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Science	30–34 years old	Married	Primary carer	2	12 months	English	England – Australia
EG	Senior Lecturer in Neuropharmacology	35–40 years old	Married	Primary carer	3	33 months	Hungarian	Hungary – USA – Australia
TD	Senior Lecturer in Interprofessional Health Sciences	35–40 years old	Married	Primary carer	3 b	14 months	Zimbabwean	Zimbabwe – UK – USA – Canada – Australia

Abbreviations: AJ, Anne Jamison; CT, Chloe E. Taylor; DB, Dorothea Bowyer; EG, Erika Gyengesi; MD, Milissa Deitz; TD, Tinashe Dune.

^a Both permanent foster children; one child deceased.

^b One stepchild.