Table 2 Participant Characteristics (figures are numbers (%) unless otherwise stated) adapted from Hickey et al., 2020 [28]

Lone parent

18 (21)

14 (18)

Mother mean age (SD)

32.4 (4.9)

32.3 (5.1)

First time parent^*

60 (71)

28 (36)

Ethnic minority

13 (15)

17 (22)

Unemployed

15 (18)

15 (19.5)

Low income^a

26 (31)

21 (27)

Male infant

39 (46)

39 (51)

Infant mean age in months^* (SD)

1.8 (0.8)

2.06 (0.7)