Baseline variable | Intervention | Comparison | Parents in | ||
Sweden 2011 | |||||
(20 - 55 years old) | |||||
group (n = 83) | group (n = 83) | (n = 4,709,057) | |||
Parent/family characteristics | |||||
Age of the father M (SD) | 20 to 55 years | 35.62 (5.19)* | 37.58 (5.73)* | 35.27ᶛ ● | |
Age of the mother M (SD) | 20 to 48 years | 33.43 (4.99)* | 35.54 (5.17)* | 32.93ᶛ ● | |
Marital status n (%) | Married/partner | 69 (87.3) | 79 (95.2) | 4,372,512 (92.9) | |
Sex of the respondent n (%) | Female | 74 (89.2) | 76 (91.6) | 2,443,631 (51.9) | |
Family size n (%) | One-child families | 9 (10.8)* | 27 (32.5)* | 448,076 (38.1) | |
Father’s education n (%) ◊ | >12 years | 43 (61.4) | 48 (62.3) | 743,538 (33.8) | |
Mother’s education n (%) ◊ | >12 years | 59 (77.6) | 72 (87.8) | 929,204 (43.5) | |
Employment n (%) | Full time work | 62 (74.7) | 50 (69.4) | 3,555,000 (75.5) | |
Origin of the father n (%) | In Sweden | 77 (95.1) | 74 (90.2) | 1,902,598 (84.0) | |
Origin of the mother n (%) | In Sweden | 76 (93.8) | 78 (95.1) | 2,217,461 (83.1) | |
Child characteristics | |||||
Age of the child M (SD) | 1 to 10 years | 4.22 (2.01)* | 3.51 (2.35)* | ● | |
Sex of the child n (%) | Boy | 48 (60.8) | 47 (56.6) | 1,331,640 (53.2) | |
Origin of the child n (%) | In Sweden | 71 (100.0) | 73 (98.6) | 2,038,778 (81.4) | |
Problem variables | |||||
More worries about the child than normal n (%) | Yes | 21 (25.3)* | 9 (10.8)* | ● | |
Worries about physical problems for the child n (%) | Yes | 6 (7.4)* | 21 (25.3)* | ● | |
Worries about psychological problems for the child n (%) | Yes | 14 (17.3)* | 5 (6.0)* | ● | |
Did something happen that had a big impact upon your family from the time you started parental training? n (%) | Yes | 14 (17.3) | 14 (18.4) | ● |