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 | |||