Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of the participants

	Mothers = 15 (65 %)	Fathers = 8 (35 %)
Age	22–48 years (Ma = 34.6 years)	26–53 years (M = 49 years)
Time in Sweden	3–18 years (M = 5.7 years)	4–10 years (M = 5.6 years)
Time together with the children	1–18 years (M = 5 years)	2–7 years (M = 4 years)
Number of children	1–6 children (M = 3.7)	1–13 children (M = 7.4)
Marital status	11 married,	8 married
	3 divorced
	1 widowed
Employment status	3 working	3 working
	4 studying	1 studying
	3 unemployed	2 unemployed
	5 on parental leave	1 job training
		1 on parental leave

^aM = median