Table 1.
Descriptive statistics for parental and pupil background measures by parenting programme
| Parenting Programme | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFSC | Incredible Years | Triple P | |||||||
| Variable | Value | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % |
| Parent gender | Male | 79 | 12.2 | 55 | 11.7 | 157 | 14.6 | 291 | 13.3 |
| (n = 2194) | Female | 567 | 87.8 | 415 | 88.3 | 921 | 85.4 | 1903 | 86.7 |
| Relationship to the child | Biological parent | 552 | 92.9 | 411 | 91.5 | 953 | 90.0 | 1916 | 91.2 |
| (n = 2102) | Step parent | 10 | 1.7 | 14 | 3.1 | 30 | 2.8 | 54 | 2.6 |
| Parent's partner | 16 | 2.7 | 3 | 0.7 | 20 | 1.9 | 39 | 1.9 | |
| Adoptive parent | 2 | 0.3 | 2 | 0.4 | 8 | 0.8 | 12 | 0.6 | |
| Foster parent | 6 | 1.0 | 3 | 0.7 | 21 | 2.0 | 30 | 1.4 | |
| Other | 8 | 1.3 | 16 | 3.6 | 27 | 2.5 | 51 | 2.4 | |
| Parent ethnic group* | White British | 275 | 46.8 | 413 | 89.4 | 783 | 88.7 | 1471 | 76.1 |
| (n = 1932) | White other groups | 23 | 3.9 | 15 | 3.2 | 34 | 3.9 | 72 | 3.7 |
| Mixed heritage | 20 | 3.4 | 11 | 2.4 | 19 | 2.2 | 50 | 2.6 | |
| Asian | 199 | 33.9 | 13 | 2.8 | 17 | 1.9 | 229 | 11.9 | |
| Black | 46 | 7.8 | 7 | 1.5 | 16 | 1.8 | 69 | 3.6 | |
| Any other ethnic group | 24 | 4.1 | 3 | 0.6 | 14 | 1.6 | 41 | 2.1 | |
| Parent highest level of education* | Left school at 16 or earlier | 265 | 45.7 | 260 | 60.2 | 416 | 41.8 | 941 | 46.9 |
| (n = 2008) | Left school at 17 or 18 | 82 | 14.1 | 39 | 9.0 | 99 | 9.9 | 220 | 11.0 |
| FE college/apprenticeship | 161 | 27.8 | 98 | 22.7 | 321 | 32.2 | 580 | 28.9 | |
| Attended university | 72 | 12.4 | 35 | 8.1 | 160 | 16.1 | 267 | 13.3 | |
| Parent weekly income* | £150 or less | 174 | 36.9 | 154 | 35.2 | 275 | 30.4 | 603 | 33.2 |
| (n = 1814) | £150-£200 | 115 | 24.4 | 95 | 21.7 | 136 | 15.0 | 346 | 19.1 |
| £201-£250 | 46 | 9.7 | 63 | 14.4 | 113 | 12.5 | 222 | 12.2 | |
| £251-£350 | 78 | 16.5 | 65 | 14.8 | 162 | 17.9 | 305 | 16.8 | |
| £351 or above | 59 | 12.5 | 61 | 13.9 | 218 | 24.1 | 338 | 18.6 | |
| Child gender | Male | 367 | 65.0 | 270 | 63.5 | 610 | 60.3 | 1247 | 62.3 |
| (n = 2002) | Female | 198 | 35.0 | 155 | 36.5 | 402 | 39.7 | 755 | 37.7 |
| Child age (n = 1972)* | Mean (SD) | 9.7 | (3.0) | 8.1 | (3.0) | 9.4 | (3.2) | 9.2 | (3.2) |
| Completing post-test | |||||||||
| 56.3% | 50.7% | 47.5% | 50.8% | ||||||
| Total sample | 650 | 473 | 1084 | 2207 | |||||
Notes: 1. SFSC Strengthening Families Strengthening Communities
2. Percentages are based on valid values only
3. * indicates a significant difference (p < .001 in all cases) between programmes using chi-squared tests and Z tests for comparing column proportions (except child age which was tested by one-way ANOVA)