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. 2017 Jul 3;12(7):e0180410. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0180410

Table 1. Families with and without parental MHP and their children.

Families with
parental MHP
n = 215 (18.6%)
Families without parental MHP
n = 943 (81.4%)
n (%) n (%) OR CI
Child MHP 41 (19.1) 72 (7.7) 2.85*** [1.88–4.32]
SES
Low 60 (27.9) 125 (13.3)
Medium 129 (60.0) 629 (66.6) 0.43***a [0.30–0.61]
High 26 (12.1) 189 (20.1) 0.29***b [0.17–0.48]
Age mother (< 45 yrs old) 145 (67.5) 505 (53.6) 0.56*** [0.41–0.76]
Age father (< 50 yrs old) 172 (80.2) 684 (72.5) 0.66* [0.46–0.95]
Risk Factors for MHP
Parental unemployment 31 (14.4) 57 (6.1) 2.62*** [1.64–4.17]
Two stressful life events or more 38 (17.9) 50 (5.3) 3.86*** [2.46–6.06]
Parental daily strain 106 (49.5) 226 (24.0) 3.11*** [2.29–4.23]
Single parent family 50 (23.1) 113 (12.0) 2.23*** [1.53–3.23]
Three siblings or more 15 (7.0) 41 (4.4) 1.64 [0.90–3.04]
Parental chronic disease 89 (41.3) 206 (21.9) 2.53*** [1.85–3.45]

Note. Weighted data; N = 1158

SES = Socioeconomic status

a = medium SES versus low SES

b = high SES versus low SES

OR = Odds Ratio; CI = Confidence Interval

*p ≤ .05.

**; p ≤ .01.

***; p < .001.