Table 2.
Characteristics of the parents of the 93 children and adolescents
| Total group fathers and mothers | n = 145 |
|---|---|
| Relational status (%) | |
| Married and living together | 76.3 % |
| Living apart together | 2.2 % |
| Divorced and living apart, single | 21.6 % |
| Widowed | 0 % |
| Mean number of children per family (SD) | 2.43 (.88) |
| Mean number of children per age category (SD) | |
| Age <4 | .08 (.30) |
| Age 4–12 | .82 (.88) |
| Age 12–18 | 1.25 (.87) |
| Age >18 | .27 (.71) |
| Child with parent with chronic illness, n (%) | 37 (39.8 %) |
| Mothers, n = 86 | Fathers, n = 59 | |
|---|---|---|
| Parent with chronic illness, n (%) | 26 (30.2 %) | 18 (30.5 %) |
| Lung disease, n | 15 | 12 |
| Rheumatic disease, n | 3 | 0 |
| Diabetes, n | 1 | 0 |
| Cardiovascular disease, n | 1 | 2 |
| Psychiatric or psychological, n | 1 | 0 |
| Other disease, n | 7 | 5 |
| Age, mean (SD) | 42.6 (4.6) | 45.0 (5.5) |
| Country of birth | ||
| Netherlands/unknown/other country (n) | 77/1/8 | 56/0/3 |
| Education levela | ||
| Low/middle/high (n) | 14/53/19 | 8/29/22 |
| Life eventsb, mean (SD) range | 2.2 (1.9) 0–7 | 2.0 (2.0) 0–8 |
aEducation level, “Low”: Primary school or lower vocational secondary education, “Middle”: intermediate general secondary education or intermediate vocational education, and “High”: higher general secondary education, higher vocational education, or university education
bThe life events scale included 40 life events