Table 1.
Independent variables (vertical percentages) across late parental divorce experienced between 15/16 and 18/19 years of age (n=109) in a prospective study, and across early divorce experienced before the adolescent became 15/16 year-old (n=530) in a cross-sectional study of 18/19 year-old norwegian adolescents in 2004.
| Independent Variables |
Categories | Prospective study (N=1861) | Cross-sectional study (N=2417) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency (Vertical %) |
Continuously# Married |
Late Divorce |
Frequency (Vertical %) |
Continuously## Married |
Early Divorce |
||
| Gender | Male | 838 (45.0) | 793 (94.6) | 45 (5.4) | 1080 (44.7) | 849 (78.6) | 231 (21.4) |
| female | 1023 (55.0) | 959 (93.7) | 64 (6.3) | 1337 (55.3) | 1038 (77.6) | 299 (22.4) | |
| Ethnicity | Western | 1608 (86.4) | 1515 (94.2) | 93 (5.8) | 2127 (88.0) | 1631 (76.7) | **496 (23.3) |
| Non-western | 246 (13.2) | 230 (93.5) | 16 (6.5) | 280 (11.6) | 249 (88.9) | 31 (11.1) | |
| Missing | 7 (0.4) | 7 (100) | 0 (0.0) | 10 (0.4) | 7 (70.0) | 3 (30.0) | |
| Family economy | Average and below | 420 (22.6) | 381 (90.7) | **39 (9.3) | 658 (27.2) | 432 (65.7) | **226 (34.3) |
| Above average | 1408 (75.7) | 1340 (95.2) | 68 (4.8) | 1722 (71.2) | 1421 (82.5) | 301 (17.5) | |
| Missing | 33 (1.7) | 31 (93.9) | 2 (6.1) | 37 (1.6) | 34 (91.9) | 3 (8.1) | |
| Social support | Low | 157 (8.4) | 149 (94.9) | 8 (0.4) | 217 (9.0) | 164 (75.6) | 53 (24.4) |
| High | 1692 (91.0) | 1591 (94.0) | 101 (6.0) | 2188 (90.5) | 1711 (78.2) | 477 (21.8) | |
| Missing | 12 (0.6) | 12 (100) | 0 (0.0) | 12 (0.5) | 12 (100) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Internalized mental health problems | No mental health problems | 1565 (84.0) | 1482 (94.7) | *83 (5.3) | 2006 (83.0) | 1586 (79.1) | **420 (20.9) |
| Have mental health problems | 296 (16.0) | 270 (91.2) | 26 (8.8) | 411 (17.0) | 301 (73.2) | 110 (26.8) | |
| Missing | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Externalized mental health problems | No mental health problems | 1673 (89.9) | 1576 (94.2) | 97 (5.8) | 2171 (89.8) | 1695 (78.1) | 476 (21.9) |
| Have mental health problems | 159 (8.5) | 148 (93.1) | 11 (6.9) | 213 (8.8) | 50 (23.5) | 163 (76.5) | |
| Missing | 29 (1.6) | 28 (96.6) | 1 (3.4) | 33 (1.4) | 29 (87.9) | 4 (12.1) | |
Significant association at **(p<0.01) or *(p<0.05). #Parents continuously married until follow-up time. ##Parents continuously married until time of first survey.