Table 2 Prevalence rates of parental concerns regarding their child, and number of domains about which they have any concern and frequent concerns, by background characteristics
Prevalence rate of at least one concern | Number of domains on which: any concerns | frequent concerns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
P-value | Mean | SE | P-value | Mean | SE | P-value | |||
Gender | |||||||||
-boy | 978/2048 | 47.8% | 0.051 | 0.92 | 0.03 | 0.018 | 0.12 | 0.01 | 0.046 |
-girl | 1046/2059 | 50.8% | 1.02 | 0.03 | 0.16 | 0.01 | |||
Age of the child | |||||||||
-14 months | 450/760 | 59.2% | 0.000 | 1.05 | 0.04 | 0.001 | 0.16 | 0.02 | 0.812 |
-3 years 9 months | 377/703 | 53.6% | 1.07 | 0.05 | 0.13 | 0.02 | |||
-5–6 years | 673/1392 | 48.3% | 0.98 | 0.04 | 0.14 | 0.01 | |||
-8–12 years | 524/1252 | 41.9% | 0.86 | 0.04 | 0.13 | 0.02 | |||
Ethnicity | |||||||||
-Dutch | 1585/3232 | 49.0% | 0.935 | 0.93 | 0.02 | 0.001 | 0.12 | 0.01 | 0.000 |
-former colony | 81/162 | 50.0% | 0.96 | 0.10 | 0.20 | 0.05 | |||
-labour migrant | 191/392 | 48.7% | 1.14 | 0.08 | 0.27 | 0.04 | |||
-other non-industrialized | 110/208 | 52.9% | 1.26 | 0.11 | 0.19 | 0.05 | |||
-other industrialized | 46/91 | 50.5% | 1.02 | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.05 | |||
Family composition | |||||||||
-two-parent | 1800/3743 | 48.1% | 0.000 | 0.93 | 0.02 | 0.000 | 0.13 | 0.01 | 0.000 |
-one-parent | 184/310 | 59.4% | 1.36 | 0.08 | 0.29 | 0.05 | |||
-other | 38/47 | 80.9% | 1.57 | 0.18 | 0.26 | 0.13 | |||
Employment status | |||||||||
-unemployed | 102/183 | 55.7% | 0.089 | 1.22 | 0.12 | 0.007 | 0.27 | 0.06 | 0.002 |
-employed | 1719/3534 | 48.6% | 0.95 | 0.02 | 0.13 | 0.01 | |||
-unknown | 203/390 | 52.1% | 1.05 | 0.07 | 0.17 | 0.03 | |||
Maternal educational level | |||||||||
-low | 735/1563 | 47.0% | 0.144 | 0.95 | 0.03 | 0.894 | 0.16 | 0.01 | 0.130 |
-medium | 745/1482 | 50.3% | 0.98 | 0.03 | 0.14 | 0.01 | |||
-high | 507/988 | 51.3% | 0.98 | 0.04 | 0.11 | 0.01 | |||
Paternal educational level | |||||||||
-low | 664/1407 | 47.2% | 0.005 | 0.94 | 0.03 | 0.000 | 0.14 | 0.01 | 0.000 |
-medium | 638/1289 | 49.5% | 0.96 | 0.04 | 0.15 | 0.02 | |||
-high | 574/1162 | 49.4% | 0.94 | 0.04 | 0.10 | 0.01 | |||
-unknown | 148/249 | 59.4% | 1.36 | 0.09 | 0.31 | 0.05 | |||
Family income | |||||||||
-below poverty | 257/428 | 60.0% | 0.000 | 1.47 | 0.08 | 0.000 | 0.30 | 0.04 | 0.000 |
-above poverty | 1532/3126 | 49.0% | 0.93 | 0.02 | 0.12 | 0.01 | |||
-unknown | 235/553 | 42.5% | 0.80 | 0.05 | 0.12 | 0.02 | |||
Urbanization | |||||||||
-rural/small city | 1703/3448 | 49.4% | 0.749 | 0.96 | 0.02 | 0.086 | 0.13 | 0.01 | 0.093 |
-big city | 321/659 | 48.7% | 1.05 | 0.05 | 0.17 | 0.02 | |||
Number of siblings | |||||||||
-no sibs | 497/874 | 56.9% | 0.000 | 1.10 | 0.04 | 0.000 | 0.13 | 0.02 | 0.943 |
-1 sib | 980/1904 | 51.5% | 1.04 | 0.03 | 0.14 | 0.01 | |||
-2 and > sibs | 547/1329 | 41.2% | 0.80 | 0.03 | 0.14 | 0.02 | |||
Maternal age | |||||||||
-< 27 | 438/844 | 51.9% | 0.173 | 1.10 | 0.05 | 0.002 | 0.17 | 0.02 | 0.016 |
-27–33 | 1124/2274 | 49.4% | 0.96 | 0.03 | 0.15 | 0.01 | |||
-33+ | 449/960 | 46.8% | 0.88 | 0.04 | 0.09 | 0.01 | |||
Paternal age | |||||||||
-< 27 | 192/379 | 50.7% | 0.043 | 1.13 | 0.07 | 0.000 | 0.17 | 0.03 | 0.009 |
-27–33 | 987/1959 | 50.4% | 0.98 | 0.03 | 0.14 | 0.01 | |||
-34–40 | 618/1326 | 46.6% | 0.88 | 0.03 | 0.11 | 0.01 | |||
-41+ | 140/293 | 47.8% | 0.96 | 0.08 | 0.15 | 0.03 | |||