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. 2014 Mar;104(3):428–433. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301590

TABLE 1—

Characteristics of Incarcerated Parents: Denmark, 1991–2011

Variable Boys Girls All
Mortality rate, per 1000 6 4 5
Father’s characteristics
 Incarcerated between child’s birth and year t, proportion 0.120 0.120 0.120
 Incarcerated between t + 1 and child’s 20th birthday, proportion 0.120 0.120 0.120
 Completed only compulsory education, proportion 0.700 0.710 0.710
 Mean annual wage, ln 12.150 12.160 12.150
 Single, proportion 0.210 0.210 0.210
 No. of children, mean 0.660 0.660 0.660
 Proportion of year spent unemployed 0.082 0.084 0.083
 Immigrant, proportion 0.080 0.080 0.080
 Age, y, mean 29.440 29.500 29.470
Mother’s characteristics
 Incarcerated between child’s birth and year t, proportion 0.020 0.020 0.020
 Incarcerated between t + 1 and child’s 20th birthday, proportion 0.020 0.020 0.020
 Completed only compulsory education, proportion 0.660 0.670 0.670
 Mean annual wage, ln 11.420 11.430 11.430
 Single, proportion 0.190 0.200 0.190
 No. of children, mean 0.730 0.730 0.730
 Proportion of year spent unemployed 0.143 0.143 0.143
 Immigrant, proportion 0.070 0.070 0.070
 Age, y, mean 26.700 26.720 26.710

Note. ln = natural log.