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Table 4 Educational level of mothers and fathers participating in KIDSCREEN study compared with EUROSTAT reference population.

From: Methods and representativeness of a European survey in children and adolescents: the KIDSCREEN study

 

Mothers

   

Fathers

   

Level of education within countries a,b

 

Sample (%)

Reference populationc(%)

Population

Sample (%)

Reference populationc(%)

Population

    

Fraction ‰

PFR (95% CI)d

  

Fraction ‰

PFR (95% CI)d

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AT. Austria

Low

11.2e

24.3e

1.15

0.37 (0.31–0.43)

7.82e

13.8e

1.55

0.49 (0.40–0.60)

 

Medium

74.5

59.1

3.16

1f

75.5

65.7

3.15

1e

 

High

14.2

16.6

2.15

0.86 (0.74–0.99)

16.7

20.5

2.23

0.81 (0.71–0.93)

 

Total

n = 1,489

N = 595,200

2.50

 

n = 1432

N = 523000

2.74

 

CH. Switzerland

Low

13.6e

15.7e

3.10

0.93 (0.80–1.08)

8.18e

11.5e

2.90

0.98 (0.81–1.19)

 

Medium

69.6

74.7

3.33

1f

48.7

67.3

2.96

1f

 

High

16.8

9.6

6.23

1.74 (1.53–1.98)

43.2

21.2

8.36

2.04 (1.86–2.24)

 

Total

n = 1,595

N = 446,000

3.58

 

n = 1492

N = 364000

4.10

 

DE. Germany

Low

23.3

20.9

0.33

1.14 (1.01–1.27)

29.4e

13.6e

0.67

2.79 (2.49–3.13)

 

Medium

59.9

60.9

0.29

1f

45.2

58.3

0.24

1f

 

High

16.8

18.2

0.27

0.92 (0.82–1.05)

25.4

28.1

0.28

0.90 (0.81–1.01)

 

Total

n = 1,700

N = 5,788,300

0.29

 

n = 1614

N = 5217200

0.31

 

ES. Spain

Low

56.6e

63.9e

0.23

0.87 (0.73–1.05)

55.4e

60.7e

0.24

0.90 (0.74–1.08)

 

Medium

18.4

18.1

0.27

1f

18

17.7

0.27

1f

 

High

25.0

18.0

0.37

1.39 (1.19–1.61)

26.7

21.7

0.32

1.23 (1.06–1.43)

 

Total

n = 844

N = 3,197,800

0.26

 

n = 784

N = 2986000

0.26

 

FR. France

Low

32.0e

37.6e

0.18

1.63 (1.37–1.93)

38.2e

34e

0.25

2.66 (2.23–3.17)

 

Medium

21.5

41.2

0.11

1f

19.2

45.5

0.10

1f

 

High

46.5

21.2

0.46

2.20 (1.97–2.45)

42.6

20.5

0.47

2.08 (1.85–2.33)

 

Total

n = 1,019

N = 4,883,300

0.21

 

n = 969

N = 4269900

0.23

 

NL. Netherlands

Low

20.0e

35.5e

0.97

0.44 (0.39–0.49)

25.1e

29.9e

1.59

0.81 (0.72–0.91)

 

Medium

57.9

44.9

2.22

1f

43.5

41.7

1.97

1f

 

High

22.0

19.7

1.93

1.12 (1.00–1.25)

31.4

28.5

2.08

1.10 (1.00–1.21)

 

Total

n = 1,787

N = 1,037,200

1.72

 

n = 1747

N = 927300

1.88

 

Schools

         

EL.Greece

Low

36.9e

59.5e

0.77

0.54 (0.46–0.62)

38.7e

53.3e

1.62

0.72 (0.61–0.83)

 

Medium

36.5

31.5

1.44

1f

29.5

29.1

2.26

1f

 

High

26.7

9.0

3.71

2.97 (2.60–3.40)

31.8

17.6

4.03

1.81 (1.59–2.05)

 

Total

n = 1,001

N = 803,000

1.25

 

n = 974

N = 437000

2.23

 

HU. Hungary

Low

29.7e

27.3e

2.40

1.43 (1.28–1.59)

44e

18.3e

5.59

5.20 (4.66–5.80)

 

Medium

44.0

57.9

1.68

1f

31.6

68.2

1.08

1f

 

High

26.3

14.8

3.94

1.78 (1.61–1.96)

24.4

13.5

4.18

1.80 (1.62–2.00)

 

Total

n = 1,901

N = 858,600

2.21

 

n = 1734

N = 74700

2.32

 

other

         

UK. United Kingdom

Low

13.6e

20.4e

0.20

0.98 (0.82–1.17)

17.9e

14.6e

0.41

2.44 (2.05–2.91)

 

Medium

38.4

56.5

0.20

1f

28.5

56.8

0.17

1f

 

High

47.9

23.2

0.61

2.07 (1.87–2.28)

53.6

28.6

0.62

1.88 (1.70–2.07)

 

Total

n = 1,225

N = 4,163,800

0.29

 

n = 1119

N = 3362100

0.33

 

PL. Poland

Low

32.2e

50.1e

1.75

0.50 (0.45–0.55)

47.6e

61.6e

2.42

0.56 (0.50–0.63)

 

Medium

49.1

38.0

3.51

1f

35.8

25.9

4.34

1f

 

High

18.8

11.9

4.30

1.58 (1.40–1.78)

16.6

12.5

4.17

1.33 (1.16–1.52)

 

Total

n = 1,673

N = 615,000

2.72

 

n = 1456

N = 464000

3.14

 

CZ. Czech Republic

Low

3.7e

11.0e

0.58

0.36 (0.27–0.46)

2.67e

6.12e

0.79

0.47 (0.35–0.65)

 

Medium

75.1

79.1

1.63

1f

73.1

79.4

1.66

1f

 

High

21.2

10.0

3.65

2.13 (1.89–2.40)

24.3

14.4

3.04

1.68 (1.50–1.88)

 

Total

n = 1,558

N = 908,000

1.72

 

n = 1496

N = 826500

1.81

 
  1. a Level of education according to ISCED categories; b Countries ordered by sampling method and alphabetically; data not available for IE; cEurostat data for women and men with at least one child from 8–18 years old in the household; d PFR:population fraction ratio (95% confidence interval); e Statistically significant difference (p < 0.01); f Reference category.
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