Table 2.
Baseline participant characteristics
| YMHFA (n = 170) | PFA (n = 152) |
TOTAL (n = 322) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Parent | |||
| Family situation % | |||
| Child living with both parents | 71.8 | 75.7 | 73.6 |
| Parents separated but both involved in care of child | 12.9 | 9.2 | 11.2 |
| Parents separated but only respondent involved in care of child | 7.1 | 5.3 | 6.2 |
| Sole parent | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.5 |
| Other (e.g. grandparents) | 1.8 | 3.3 | 2.5 |
| Married/defacto % | 74.1 | 80.9 | 77.3 |
| Female % | 89.4 | 86.8 | 88.2 |
| Tertiary education % | 56.6 | 50.7 | 53.8 |
| Speaks only English at home % | 85.9 | 79.6 | 82.9 |
| Not Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander % | 99.4 | 98.7 | 99.1 |
| Employed full or part time % | 66.5 | 71.7 | 68.9 |
| Studying status % | |||
| Full-time | 2.9 | 3.9 | 3.4 |
| Part-time | 16.5 | 11.2 | 14.0 |
| Not studying | 11.2 | 18.4 | 14.6 |
| Unknown | 69.4 | 66.4 | 68.0 |
| Age M (SD) | 45.2 (5.54) | 45.1 (5.69) | 45.2 (5.60) |
| Number of children M (SD) | 2.2 (0.8) | 2.3 (1.0) | 2.2 (0.9) |
| Child | |||
| Female % | 58.8 | 52.0 | 55.6 |
| Health issue % | 26.5 | 27.0 | 26.7 |
| Age M (SD) | 13.3 (1.11) | 13.3 (1.08) | 13.3 (1.09) |