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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Sep 10.
Published in final edited form as: J Med Assoc Thai. 2010 Mar;93(3):293–300.

Table 1.

Mean Scores on Parenting Measures by Child Gender

Parenting Mean (SD)
 Possible Range
Sons
(N = 205)		 Daughters
(N = 208)
Parenting styles
   Permissive parents 2.03 (0.48) 2.08 (0.48) 0 – 4
   Authoritarian parents 1.85 (0.41) 1.82 (0.44) 0 – 4
   Authoritative parents 3.15 (0.45) 3.12 (0.47) 0 – 4
Parental behaviors
   Knowledge of whereabouts 2.95 (0.71) 3.16 (0.66)** 0 – 4
   Parental rules 2.68 (0.63) 2.94 (0.64)*** 0 – 4
   Parental closeness 3.81 (0.38) 3.81 (0.39) 0 – 4
   Communication about sex 1.86 (0.76) 2.14 (0.18)*** 0 – 4
   Perception on parents’ disapproval of sex 3.32 (0.48) 3.53 (0.22)*** 0 – 4
**

p < .01,

***

p<.001