Table 1.
Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of participants in Munich and Würzburg in 2009–2011; data from the three survey years pooled for each region
| Munich (2009–2011) (N tot. = 933) |
Würzburg (2009–2011) (N tot. = 1065) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | n (%), or median (IQR) | N | n (%), or median (IQR) | p-valuec | |
| Demographic characteristics – child | |||||
| Gender female; n (%) | 933 | 463 (49.6) | 1065 | 519 (48.7) | 0.720 |
| Nationality Germana; n (%) | 930 | 898 (96.6) | 1058 | 1048 (99.1) | <0.001*** |
| Country of birth Germany; n (%) | 882 | 864 (98.0) | 1022 | 1.005 (98.3) | 0.609 |
| Inhabitant of urban region; n (%) | 933 | 714 (76.5) | 1065 | 460 (43.2) | <0.001*** |
| Demographic characteristics – parents | |||||
| Age of mother (y); median (IQR) | 912 | 35.0 (32.0–39.0) | 1040 | 35.0 (31.3–38.0) | 0.069 |
| Highest possible school education motherb; n (%) | 920 | 515 (56.0) | 1052 | 456 (43.3) | <0.001*** |
| Highest possible school education fatherb; n (%) | 860 | 507 (59.0) | 1013 | 415 (41.0) | <0.001*** |
| Highest possible school educationb, at least one parent; n (%) | 923 | 637 (69.0) | 1056 | 587 (55.6) | <0.001*** |
| Household characteristics | |||||
| Size of residence (m2); median (IQR) | 918 | 91.5 (76.0–120.0) | 1044 | 120.0 (90.0–144.3) | <0.001*** |
| More than 3 persons living in residence; n (%) | 925 | 478 (51.7) | 1062 | 739 (69.6) | <0.001*** |
| Attendance of child-care unit (>10 h/week); n (%) | 930 | 603 (64.8) | 1061 | 810 (76.3) | <0.001*** |
| Statutory health insurance; n (%) | 924 | 653 (70.7) | 1056 | 788 (74.6) | 0.054 |
aincluding cases of dual nationality (German and other)
buniversity entrance diploma at end of grammar school (‘Abitur’)
cPearson’s Chi2 test and Mann-Whitney-U-test, respectively
***: significant at 0.1% level