Table 1.
German data- SOEP data availability.
| Fathers | Mothers | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Term Born (N = 4079) |
MLP/LBW (N = 750) |
VP/VLBW (N = 94) |
Term Born (N = 4754) |
MLP/LBW (N = 865) |
VP/VLBW (N = 107) |
|
| Baseline Life Satisfaction Z Score (2 years before birth) | ||||||
| Mean (SD) | 0.007 (0.98) | −0.023 (1.10) | −0.080 (0.92) | 0.001 (0.99) | −0.023 (1.08) | 0.142 (0.93) |
| N within specific timeframe |
1628 (40%) |
342 (46%) | 41 (44%) | 1931 (41%) | 402 (46%) | 46 (43%) |
| Time from Assessment to Birth (months) | ||||||
| 1st Assessment (Mean (SD)) | −23.0 (4.53) | −22.7 (4.93) | −22.9 (4.12) | −23.1 (4.46) | −22.5 (4.81) | −23.9 (4.49) |
| 2nd Assessment (Mean (SD)) | −5.64 (3.43) | −5.46 (3.42) | −5.60 (3.22) | −5.62 (3.42) | −5.47 (3.40) | −5.97 (3.08) |
| 3rd Assessment (Mean (SD)) | 6.19 (3.27) | 6.21 (3.24) | 6.30 (3.29) | 6.21 (3.24) | 6.31 (3.26) | 5.94 (3.17) |
| 4th Assessment (Mean (SD)) | 24.0 (4.87) | 23.3 (5.11) | 23.7 (4.73) | 24.1 (4.88) | 23.7 (4.97) | 24.4 (4.40) |
| Participants’ number of eligible life satisfaction assessments | ||||||
| 1 | 1242 (30.4%) | 171 (22.8%) | 28 (29.8%) | 1463 (30.8%) | 221 (25.5%) | 32 (29.9%) |
| 2 | 953 (23.4%) | 213 (28.4%) | 18 (19.1%) | 1087 (22.9%) | 219 (25.3%) | 17 (15.9%) |
| 3 | 765 (18.8%) | 159 (21.2%) | 20 (21.3%) | 845 (17.8%) | 159 (18.4%) | 29 (27.1%) |
| 4 | 1119 (27.4%) | 207 (27.6%) | 28 (29.8%) | 1359 (28.6%) | 266 (30.8%) | 29 (27.1%) |
SOEP German socio-economic panel, MLP/LBW moderately/late preterm or low birthweight, VP/VLBW very preterm/very low birthweight.