Table 2.

Demographic characteristics of parents and infants attending B&U programmes

Demographic Characteristics (%)%
Parent Gender (n = 158)		Parent Ethnicity (n = 116)
Male	1.9	White British	52.6
Female	98.1	Black and minority ethnic group	47.4
Target Infant Gender (n = 157)		Highest Educational Level (n = 118)
Male	45.2	University education completed	44.9
Female	54.8	Left school aged 16 with qualifications	6.8
		Participating in Paid Employment (n = 117)	64.1
Demographic variable	Mean (SD)	Demographic variable
Age of Parent	31.3 (5.8) years	English as a second language (n = 108)	24.1
Age of infant	20.2 (9.5) weeks