Table 1. Means, Standard Deviations, and Differences in Sociodemographic Information by Family Type.
| Solo mothers | Partnered mothers | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic characteristics | M | SD | M | SD | t | p |
| Note. BAME = Black Asian Minority Ethnic. | ||||||
| Age of mother (years) | 48.59 | 3.56 | 44.16 | 3.56 | 5.58 | <.001 |
| Age of child (years) | 9.45 | 1.61 | 9.05 | 1.22 | 1.24 | .218 |
| n | % | n | % | χ2 | p | |
| Child gender | .73 | .395 | ||||
| Male | 22 | 50 | 22 | 59.5 | ||
| Female | 22 | 50 | 15 | 40.5 | ||
| Siblings | 9.66 | .008 | ||||
| None | 20 | 45.5 | 9 | 24.3 | ||
| One | 15 | 34.1 | 21 | 56.8 | ||
| Two or more | 1 | 2.3 | 7 | 18.9 | ||
| Mother’s working status | 4.47 | .107 | ||||
| Not working | 5 | 11.4 | 8 | 21.6 | ||
| Part-time | 16 | 36.4 | 18 | 48.6 | ||
| Full-time | 23 | 52.3 | 11 | 29.7 | ||
| Perceived financial difficulties | 3.14 | .370 | ||||
| None | 34 | 77.3 | 30 | 81.1 | ||
| Minor | 8 | 18.2 | 3 | 8.1 | ||
| Definite | 2 | 4.5 | 4 | 10.8 | ||
| Mother’s education | 3.46 | .178 | ||||
| Below university degree | 12 | 27.3 | 14 | 37.8 | ||
| Undergraduate degree | 14 | 31.8 | 15 | 40.5 | ||
| Postgraduate degree | 18 | 40.9 | 8 | 21.6 | ||
| Mother’s ethnicity | ||||||
| White British | 41 | 34 | .40 | .528 | ||
| BAME | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Mother’s psychiatric contact | 3.58 | .167 | ||||
| None | 40 | 90.9 | 29 | 78.4 | ||
| General practitioner | 4 | 9.1 | 6 | 16.2 | ||
| Outpatient | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5.4 | ||