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. 2016 Jul 12;16:554. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-3211-x

Table 2.

Demographic and parental characteristics of the studied samples

Predictors Noa Percent P b
Total sample, N = 3572
 Gender:
  Boys 1805 50.5
  Girls 1767 49.5
 Age:
  13-year-old 1903 53.3
  15-year-old 1669 46.7
 Family FAS:
  Low 1283 36.7
  Medium 1533 43.9
  High 679 19.4
 Family structure:
  Intact family 2454 68.9
  Not-intact family 1118 31.1
Subsample of respondents living in intact families, N = 2454
 Gender:
  Boys 1240 50.5
  Girls 1214 49.5
 Age:
  13 years old 1332 54.3
  15 years old 1122 45.7
 Family FAS:
  Low 766 31.9
  Medium 1084 45.1
  High 553 23.0
Satisfaction with family relationships:
 High 2095 86.3
 Low 332 13.7
Communication with the father: <0.001
 Easy 1439 62.9
 Difficult 848 37.1
Communication with the mother:
 Easy 1741 75.9
 Difficult 553 24.1
Quality of communication in the family:
 Good 1540 62.8
 Poor 914 37.2
Father’s monitoring: <0.001
 High 1211 49.3
 Low 1243 50.7
Mother’s monitoring:
 High 1523 62.1
 Low 931 37.9
School-related parental support:
 High 1276 52.0
 Low 1178 48.0
Father’s emotional support: 0.002
 High 1400 57.0
 Low 1054 43.0
Mother’s emotional support:
 High 1514 61.7
 Low 940 38.3
Father’s parenting style: <0.001
 Authoritative- reciprocal 1008 41.8
 Permissive-indulgent 1001 41.6
 Authoritarian- repressive 188 7.8
 Permissive-neglectful 213 8.8
Mather’s parenting style:
 Authoritative- reciprocal 1112 45.9
 Permissive-indulgent 1063 43.9
 Authoritarian- repressive 153 6.2
 Permissive-neglectful 96 4.0
Family time together:
 Often 1148 46.8
 Rare 1306 53.2
Electronic media communication with parents
 Often 1065 43.4
 Rare 1389 56.6
Seeing the father <0.001
 Every day 1867 77.4
 Not every day 545 22.6
Seeing the mother
 Every day 2276 94.0
 Not every day 145 6.0

a Frequency of missing data is not presented. b Significance of the difference in respondents’ opinion about the father and the mother (Chi-squared test)