Table 2. Mean values / proportions of the health outcomes according to family status.
| Family status (Baseline → Follow Up) |
Nuclear → Nuclear | Nuclear → Single parent | Nuclear → Step | Single parent → Single parent | Single parent → Step | Step → Step | Step → Single parent | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self-rated health | Mean | 1.793 | 1.900 | 2.034 | 1.883 | 1.920 | 1.873 | 1.991 | 0.020 |
| (SE) | (0.014) | (0.039) | (0.098) | (0.058) | (0.122) | (0.054) | (0.120) | ||
| Emotional and behavioural problems | Mean | 9.109 | 10.197 | 10.551 | 10.527 | 10.167 | 10.459 | 11.068 | <0.001 |
| (SE) | (0.093) | (0.344) | (0.666) | (0.414) | (0.543) | (0.564) | (0.833) | ||
| Health-related quality of life | Mean | 46.334 | 47.956 | 46.659 | 48.055 | 48.748 | 47.782 | 49.095 | 0.008 |
| (SE) | (0.192) | (0.716) | (0.940) | (0.753) | (1.146) | (0.879) | (1.608) | ||
| Regular Smoking* | % | 10.1 | 20.8 | 30.3 | 14.1 | 16.3 | 17.7 | 25.5 | 0.001 |
| (95% CI) | (8.5–12.0) | (12.5–32.4) | (12.4–57.0) | (7.5–25.1) | (6.0–37.5) | (9.8–29.9) | (12.5–45.1) | ||
| Heavy episodic drinking* | % | 20.2 | 21.1 | 24.1 | 19.3 | 16.6 | 26.9 | 14.5 | 0.716 |
| (95% CI) | (17.6–23.1) | (13.8–30.9) | (11.1–44.7) | (13.2–27.3) | (6.2–37.3) | (16.7–40.3) | (6.5–29.4) | ||
* Regular smoking and heavy episodic drinking were estimated only for age groups 14–17 years.