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Table 2 Data collection locations

From: Breasts and the city: an urban ethnography of infant feeding in public spaces within Cardiff, United Kingdom

Category

Location

Sub-locations

Transport: vehicles

(n = 4)

Taxi

–

Train (mainline, Swansea – London)

Carriage; Toilets

Bus (City centre to University Hospital of Wales)

Bus Stops; Bus (Cardiff Bus Company)

Aeroplane (Flybe, economy)

Cabin; Toilets

Transport: hubs

(n = 3)

Cardiff Railway Station

Back entrance; Parent & Baby Room (not found); Toilets; Café; Platforms (including benches); Waiting room; Front entrance

Bristol Parkway Railway Station

Platform; Waiting room

Cardiff International Airport

Check in area; Special Assistance area (within check in area); Security; Departure area including: Departure lounge, Costa coffee, Ritazza café/bar, Toilets, Baby changing room, Duty free shops, Departure gate

High Streets: outside of city centre (n = 3)

Cathays (student area)

Outside library, Supermarket (no toilets), Outside shops

Whitchurch (middle-class area)

Outside shops

Splott (working-class area)

Outside shops, Supermarket (no toilets)

High street: main city centre

(n = 1)

Queens Street, The Hayes

Benches, Outside shops

Cafés

(n = 2)

Whitchurch (middle-class area)

Outside seating, Downstairs, Upstairs, Toilets

Splott (working-class area)

Inside seating, Toilets

Shopping mall: city centre

(n = 1)

Queens Arcade; St David’s Centre, St David’s 2 (interconnected)

Benches (multiple locations), Outside shops (including two underwear shops), Toilets, Baby changing, Infant feeding room, Family toilets (with 2 toilets per cubicle), elevators (with sexualised underwear advertising)

Department store

(n = 1)

John Lewis

Shop floor, Toilets, Mother and Baby area, Café (noted as a safe place to BF on Feed Finder app)