Participant characteristics
| Characteristic | Participants (n) |
| Interview location | |
| Royal Prince Alfred Hospital | 17 |
| Canterbury Hospital | 3 |
| Timing of recruitment | |
| Second visit | 8 |
| Day 3 postpartum | 12 |
| Age (years) | |
| <20 | 0 |
| 20–24 | 2 |
| 25–29 | 4 |
| 30–34 | 10 |
| 35–39 | 2 |
| ≥40 | 2 |
| Ethnic background | |
| Anglo-Australian | 2 |
| African | 1 |
| East Asian | 4 |
| Middle Eastern | 3 |
| Oceanian | 3 |
| South Asian | 5 |
| South-East Asian | 2 |
| Highest level of education | |
| Secondary school | 3 |
| Diploma | 3 |
| Bachelor degree | 8 |
| Masters degree | 6 |
| Living children at time of interview (n) | |
| 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 |
| Interpregnancy interval (months) | |
| ≤3 | 3 |
| 4–6 | 3 |
| 7–9 | 3 |
| 10–12 | 6 |
| 13–15 | 3 |
| 16–18 | 2 |
| Planned pregnancy? | |
| Planned pregnancy | 8 |
| Unplanned pregnancy* | 12 |
*Women who expressed ambivalence towards the most recent pregnancy were recorded as 'unplanned'.