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. 2024 Sep 11;14:21187. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-72178-5

Table 1.

Analytic sample characteristics by bereavement status.

Variable Complete case Multiple imputation
Not bereaved (N = 1339) Bereaved (N = 796) Total (N = 2135) Not bereaved (N = 1339) Bereaved (N = 796) Total (N = 2135)
Type of loss Other 785 (98.6%) 785 (98.6%) 785 (98.6%) 785 (98.6%)
Parent 11 (1.4%) 11 (1.4%) 11 (1.4%) 11 (1.4%)
N missing 0 0 - -
Age at loss Before IQ@5 assessment 359 (47.6%) 359 (47.6%) 359 (47.6%) 359 (47.6%)
After IQ@5 assessment 395 (52.4%) 395 (52.4%) 395 (52.4%) 395 (52.4%)
N missing 42 42 42 42
Child’s sex Female 712 (53.2%) 436 (54.8%) 1148 (53.8%) 712 (53.2%) 436 (54.8%) 1148 (53.8%)
Male 627 (46.8%) 360 (45.2%) 987 (46.2%) 627 (46.8%) 360 (45.2%) 987 (46.2%)
N missing 0 0 0
Mother’s marital status Married or living with partner 1140 (90.5%) 688 (91.7%) 1828 (90.9%) 1211 (90.4%) 731 (91.8%) 1942 (91.0%)
No partner 120 (9.5%) 62 (8.3%) 182 (9.1%) 128 (9.6%) 65 (8.2%) 193 (9.0%)
N missing 79 46 125
Parental national origin Dutch 888 (67.0%) 537 (68.2%) 1425 (67.4%) 897 (67.0%) 542 (68.1%) 1439 (67.4%)
Non-Dutch non-European 336 (25.3%) 188 (23.9%) 524 (24.8%) 338 (25.2%) 191 (24.0%) 529 (24.8%)
Non-Dutch European 102 (7.7%) 62 (7.9%) 164 (7.8%) 104 (7.8%) 63 (7.9%) 167 (7.8%)
N missing 13 9 22
Household income  < 1400 154 (14.2%) 85 (12.8%) 239 (13.7%) 224 (16.7%) 116 (14.6%) 340 (15.9%)
1400–2200 172 (15.9%) 115 (17.3%) 287 (16.4%) 209 (15.6%) 139 (17.5%) 348 (16.3%)
 > 2200 758 (69.9%) 463 (69.8%) 1221 (69.9%) 906 (67.7%) 541 (68.0%) 1447 (67.8%)
N missing 255 133 388
Mother’s education Low 62 (4.9%) 26 (3.5%) 88 (4.4%) 69 (5.2%) 26 (3.3%) 95 (4.4%)
Medium 456 (36.0%) 300 (40.0%) 756 (37.5%) 486 (36.3%) 326 (41.0%) 812 (38.0%)
High 749 (59.1%) 424 (56.5%) 1173 (58.2%) 784 (58.6%) 444 (55.8%) 1228 (57.5%)
N missing 72 46 118
Mother’s psychopathology score Mean (SD) 0.2 (0.3) 0.2 (0.3) 0.2 (0.3) 0.2 (0.3) 0.2 (0.3) 0.2 (0.3)
Range 0.0–2.6 0.0–2.3 0.0–2.6 0.0–2.6 0.0–2.3 0.0–2.6
N missing 312 166 478

For MI, summary statistics come from the first multiply imputed dataset. Age at loss was not imputed.