Table 2.
Characteristics (demographic) for the adolescents and parents in the study sample
| Adolescents | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| n † =440 | n#=54 | ||
| Age (mean (SD)) | 14.3 (0.6) | 13.9 (0.3) | |
| Gender | |||
| Boys (%) | 47.7 | 40.7 | |
| Girls (%) | 52.3 | 59.3 | |
| Live together with | |||
| Mother and father (%) | 68.7 | 71.7 | |
| Only/mostly with mother (%) | 13.0 | 17.0 | |
| Only/mostly with father (%) | 2.7 | 1.9 | |
| Equal time with mother/father (%) | 10.0 | 9.7 | |
| Mother and her new partner (%) | 4.1 | 0 | |
| Father and his new partner (%) | 0.9 | 0 | |
| Other adults (%) | 0.5 | 0 | |
| Ethnicity* | |||
| Norwegian (%) | 90.9 | 88.7 | |
| Other ethnicity (%) | 9.1 | 11.3 | |
| Parental educational level | |||
| < 12 years (%) | 33.8 | 9.3 | |
| 13-16 years (%) | 39.3 | 37.0 | |
| > 16 years (%) | 26.9 | 53.7 | |
| Mothers | Fathers | Parents | |
| n † =242 | n † =155 | n#=44 | |
| Age (mean (SD)) | 44.2 (4.5) | 45.8 (5.5) | 46.2 (4.4) |
| Gender of child | |||
| Boys (%) | 49.2 | 56.8 | 40.9 |
| Girls (%) | 50.8 | 43.2 | 59.1 |
| Ethnicity | |||
| Born in Norway (%) | 90.0 | 87.1 | 84.1 |
| Born in other country (%) | 10.0 | 12.9 | 15.9 |
| Live together with the child (%) | |||
| The whole time | 87.5 | 89.7 | 93.2 |
| More than 50% of the time | 7.5 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
| Half the time (50% of the time) | 4.6 | 5.2 | 4.5 |
| Less than 50% of the time | 0.4 | 1.9 | 0 |
| Seldom | 0 | 0.6 | 0 |
| Live together with the child’s mother/father | |||
| Yes (%) | 75.2 | 88.3 | 83.7 |
| Live alone (%) | 15.3 | 5.8 | 14.0 |
| Live with adult who is not child’s parent (%) | 9.5 | 5.8 | 2.3 |
| Employment status | |||
| Working full-time (%) | 68.5 | 94.2 | 77.3 |
| Working part-time (%) | 22.4 | 1.9 | 13.6 |
| Not working for pay (%) | 9.1 | 3.9 | 9.1 |
†Adolescents; n=417-440 (# test-retest sample; n=53-54), mothers; n=240-242, fathers; n= 154-155 (# test-retest sample; 43–44) *Other ethnicity: Both parents born in other country than Norway.