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. 2019 Mar 28;16(7):1123. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16071123

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of the study sample.

N Percent
Children sample 1712 100.0
Sex Female 843 49.2
Male 869 50.8
Child lives with Both parents 1412 82.6
Single mother 171 10.0
Mother and new partner 89 5.2
Single father 11 0.6
Foster parents 17 1.0
Father and new partner 7 0.4
Adoptive parents 2 0.1
Missing 3 ---
Migration background 1 Yes 223 13.0
No 1489 87.0
Parent sample 2710 100.0
Sex Female 1642 60.1
Male 1068 39.9
Socioeconomic Low 292 19.4
status 2 Medium 787 52.4
High 424 28.2
Missing 209 ---

1 Migrant background was also assessed according to the KiGGS study [54], taking into account the parents’ country of birth. A child was classified as a migrant, if both parents had been born outside Germany.; 2 Socioeconomic status (SES) was assessed according to the KiGGS study [54], taking into account education, professional qualifications and status as well as net household income.