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Table 1 Characteristics of participants

From: Making it “work”: mothers’ perceptions of workplace breastfeeding and pumping at Dutch universities

Participant ID

Age

Nationality

Education

Occupation

Working hours/week (permanent/ fixed-term contract)

Marital status (full-time/part-time working partner)

Age child (ren)b

Any BF duration in months (of which exclusive)c

On-campus return in weeksc

1E

 

Dutch

Author, pre/postnatal yoga teacher

2A

32

Dutch

Postgrad.

Teaching fellow, PhD student

20a (n/a)

Domestic partner (full-time)

1

11 (4)

9

3E

 

Dutch

Lactation consultant

4E

 

Dutch

Lactation consultant

5A

36

Greek

PhD

Assistant professor

40 (fixed-term)

Married (full-time)

2

18 (6)

22

6A

38

Dutch

PhD

Postdoc. researcher

16 (fixed-term)

Married (part-time)

7

5

2

-

n/a

23 (4)

32

7A

41

Dutch

PhD

Assistant professor

32 (permanent)

Married (full-time)

18 months

14 (4)

20

8A

35

Dutch

PhD

Assistant professor

32 (permanent)

Domestic partner (part-time)

9

5

1

-

7 (n/a)

still (5)

n/a

13

9A

41

Dutch

PhD

Assistant professor

32 (permanent)

Single

4

still (6)

16

10A

30

Dutch

PhD

Postdoc. researcher

32 (fixed-term)

Married (full-time)

7 months

still (6)

16

11A

32

Dutch

Postgrad.

Teaching fellow

24 (permanent)

Married (full-time)

4

2

8 months

12 (6)

9 (5)

still (6)

12

10

20

12A

30

Dutch

Postgrad.

Junior researcher, PhD student

32 (fixed-term)

Married (full-time)

5 months

still exclusive

10

13A

29

Nepalese

Postgrad.

PhD student

32 (fixed-term)

Married (full-time)

6 months

still (5)

12

  1. Note. n/a = no information provided; BF = breastfeeding; A = academic employee. Participant IDs were assigned according to the interviews’ chronological order
  2. a 40–50 h/week in practice as PhD is not contracted
  3. b In years if not indicated otherwise
  4. c For those children aged ≤5 years where mother breastfed/pumped at Dutch university