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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants

From: A population-based study of overweight and obesity in expectant parents: socio-demographic patterns and within-couple associations

  

Pregnant women

 

Expectant fathers

p-value

N

 

4352

 

3949

 

Mean age (SD)

 

29.1 (5.1)

 

31.6 (6.0)

<0.0012

Range, years

 

15-46

 

14-64

 
 

%

n

%

n

 

Education

 

4244

 

3852

 

University degree

44.9

1904

29.7

1143

<0.0013

>12 years

13.6

576

14.5

558

 

11-12 years (senior high school)

34.8

1477

49.8

1917

 

≤9 years

6.8

287

6.1

234

 

Occupation

 

4054

 

3784

 

Employed

74.5

3020

86.0

3254

<0.0013

Studying

11.0

446

5.5

208

 

Parental leave/unpaid domestic work

6.1

248

1.5

58

 

Unemployed

7.1

287

5.8

221

 

Sick leave/retirement

1.3

53

1.1

43

 

Area of residence

 

3673

 

3119

 

Urban

73.7

2708

74.1

2310

0.7753

Rural

26.3

965

25.9

809

 

Country of birth

 

4305

 

42831

 

Sweden

90.9

3914

91.0

3896

0.9703

Other

9.1

391

9.0

387

 

Cohabitation with expectant father

94.8

3982

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  1. 1Country of birth for men was reported via women’s questionnaires.
  2. 2Independent-samples t-test.
  3. 3Chi-square test for independence.