Table 3.

Linear regression models of parental reports of the SDQ Total Difficulties by living arrangement and sociodemographic variables (n = 3656)

	Model 1		Model 2
	B	95% CI	B	95% CI
Living arrangement
Joint physical custody	Ref		Ref
Intact family	−0.20	−0.92 to 0.52	0.04	−0.67 to 0.75
Living mostly with one parent	1.92***	0.75 to 3.09	1.81**	0.66 to 2.95
Living only with one parent	2.06***	0.85 to 3.27	1.94***	0.75 to 3.13
Child gender
Girl	Ref		Ref
Boy	0.87***	0.60 to 1.14	0.88***	0.61 to 1.15
Child age	−0.73***	−0.90 to −0.56	−0.59***	−0.75 to −0.42
Parent gender
Female (mother)	Ref		Ref
Male (father)	0.49***	0.22 to 0.77	0.71***	0.43 to 0.99
Parental highest level of education
Less than high school			Ref
High school			−1.91***	−2.78 to−1.03
University			−2.52***	−3.38 to −1.65
Parent country of birth
Sweden			Ref
Other			1.05***	0.64 to 1.47
Parent age			−0.10***	−0.13 to −0.08

Model 1 was adjusted for child's age (as a continuous variable), child's gender and the responding parent's gender. Model 2 was also adjusted for the parents’ educational level, country of birth and age (as a continuous variable).

**p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.