Table 3.

Linear regression models of parental reports of the SDQ total difficulties by living arrangement, sociodemographic variables and coparenting quality (n=12 845)

	Model 1			Model 2			Model 3
	B	95% CI	P value	B	95% CI	P value	B	95% CI	P value
Living arrangement
Joint physical custody	Ref			Ref			Ref
Intact family	−0.26	−0.72 to 0.21	0.283	−0.11	−0.58 to 0.36	0.643	0.70*	0.24 to 1.15	0.003
Living mostly with one parent	1.27*	0.45 to 2.09	0.002	1.18*	0.37 to 2.00	0.004	0.14	−0.66 to 0.93	0.735
Living only with one parent	1.38*	0.58 to 2.19	0.001	1.20*	0.40 to 2.00	0.003	−0.25	−1.03 to 0.54	0.537
Child gender
Girl	Ref			Ref			Ref
Boy	0.78*	0.64 to 0.93	0.000	0.78*	0.63 to 0.93	0.000	0.74*	0.60 to 0.88	0.000
Respondent
Female (mother)	Ref			Ref			Ref
Male (father)	0.34*	0.06 to 0.62	0.019	−0.37	−0.96 to 0.22	0.220	−0.38	−0.95 to 0.20	0.199
Two parents together	0.31*	0.16 to 0.47	0.000	0.37*	0.21 to 0.53	0.000	0.60*	0.45 to 0.75	0.000
Mother’s highest level of education
University (3 years or more)				Ref			Ref
Compulsory				1.92*	1.32 to 2.51	0.000	1.99*	1.42 to 2.57	0.000
High school				0.88*	0.69 to 1.07	0.000	0.80*	0.62 to 0.98	0.000
University (less than 3 years)				0.56*	0.32 to 0.81	0.000	0.52*	0.28 to 0.76	0.000
Not reported				1.07*	0.53 to 1.60	0.000	1.06*	0.54 to 1.58	0.000
Coparenting quality							−0.45*	−0.48 to −0.42	0.000

*P<0.05.

†Includes some same sex parents.

SDQ, Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire.