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)*

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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)*

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Worries about physical problems for the child n (%)

Yes

6 (7.4)*

21 (25.3)*

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Worries about psychological problems for the child n (%)

Yes

14 (17.3)*

5 (6.0)*

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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)

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