Table 1

Characteristics of participant families

Participant reference
Gender
Number of interviews
Assisted reproduct-ion
Single or multiple birth
Previous children (n)
Distance of usual residence to hospital (kilometres)

1A Sue
Female
3
yes
twins
0
< 10
1B Peter
Male
3
yes
twins
0
< 10
2A Julie
Female
3
no
twins
1
10 – 200
2B Colin
Male
3
no
twins
1
10 – 200
3A Bev
Female
3
yes
twins
0
> 200
3B Brian
Male
3
yes
twins
0
> 200
4A Lisa
Female
3
yes
single
0
< 10
4B Paul
Male
3
yes
single
0
< 10
5A Chris
Female
3
no
single
1
Interstate
5B John
Male
3
no
single
1
Interstate
6A Sharon
Female
1
no
single
3
10 – 200
7A Alison
Female
3
yes
single
0
> 200
7B Dennis
Male
3
yes
single
one
> 200
8A Fiona
Female
2
no
single
nil
10 – 200
9A Helen
Female
3
no
twins
three
10 – 200
9B Wayne
Male
2
no
twins
three
10 – 200
10A Nicole
Female
1
no
single
nil
< 10

Sweet International Breastfeeding Journal 2008 3:30   doi:10.1186/1746-4358-3-30