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. 2013 Feb;23(1):59–64.

Table 3.

Family factors related to enuresis

Factors Enuretics n (%) Non-enuretics n (%) P-value
Educational level of mother Primary school or less 108 (62.8) 298 (39.9) <0.001
Junior high school or more 64 (37.2) 448 (60.1)
Educational level of father Primary school or less 83 (48.3) 225 (30.2) <0.001
Junior high school or more 89 (51.1) 521 (69.8)
Working Parents Mother 70 (40.6) 260 (34.8) 0.03
Father 143 (83.1) 671 (89.9) 0.012
Family history of enuresis Mother or father enuretic 53 (30.8) 68 (9.1) <0.001
Mother and father non- enuretic 119 (69.2) 678 (90.9)
Sibling enuretic 54 (31.4) 53 (7.1) <0.001
Sibling non-enuretic 118 (68.6) 693 (92.9)
Divorce 22 (12.8) 56 (7.5) 0.03
Parent death 19 (11) 48 (6.4) 0.04
Family number 3 27 (15.7) 257 (34.5) <0.001
4 36 (20.9) 308 (41.3)
5 59 (34.3) 120 (16.1)
More than 5 50 (29.1) 61 (8.2)
Unwilling pregnancy 17 (9.9) 69 (9.2) NS
Mother smoking 13 (7.5) 50 (6.7) NS

NS: Non-significant