Table 2.
Descriptive characteristics of the participants
| Characteristics | Total n (%) |
School stages | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 1–3 n (%) |
Grades 4–6 n (%) |
Grades 7–9 n (%) |
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| Sample | 473 (100) | 168 (35) | 146 (31) | 159 (34) |
| Sex | ||||
| Girls | 249 (54) | 90 (54) | 75 (53) | 84 (54) |
| Boys | 216 (46) | 78 (46) | 66 (47) | 72 (46) |
| Children’s country of birth | ||||
| Not Sweden | 37 (8) | 15 (9) | 12 (8) | 10 (6) |
| Sweden | 436 (92) | 153 (91) | 134 (92) | 149 (94) |
| Parents’ country of birth | ||||
| None Sweden | 61 (13) | 26 (15) | 20 (14) | 15 (9) |
| One Sweden | 49 (10) | 20 (12) | 20 (14) | 9 (6) |
| Both Sweden | 363 (77) | 122 (73) | 106 (72) | 135 (85) |
| Custody arrangement | ||||
| Not living with both parents | 86 (19) | 19 (13) | 33 (23) | 34 (22) |
| Living with both parents | 366 (81) | 130 (87) | 112 (77) | 124 (78) |
| Family affluence1 | ||||
| Low (< 25percentile) | 69 (16) | 24 (18) | 23 (16) | 22 (14) |
| Middle (25-75percentile) | 288 (66) | 86 (62) | 95 (67) | 107 (69) |
| High (> 75percentile) | 79 (18) | 28 (20) | 24 (17) | 27 (17) |
| General health2 | ||||
| Not good | 64 (15) | 14 (12) | 16 (11) | 34 (22) |
| Good | 78 (19) | 16 (14) | 26 (19) | 36 (23) |
| Very good | 270 (66) | 86 (74) | 99 (70) | 85 (55) |
| Long-term illness/disability | ||||
| Yes | 218 (47) | 59 (36) | 70 (49) | 89 (58) |
| No | 243 (53) | 107 (64) | 72 (51) | 64 (42) |
| Mean (SD) Median (IQR) |
Mean (SD) Median (IQR) |
Mean (SD) Median (IQR) |
Mean (SD) Median (IQR) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health related quality of life | ||||
| KIDSCREEN-103 |
41.17 (6.10) 42.00 (38.00–46.00) |
41.91 (5.44) 42.00 (38.00–46.00) |
42.27 (5.89) 43.00 (39.00–47.00) |
39.59 (6.45) 40.00 (36.00–45.00) |
| CHU9D (child algorithm)3 |
0.74 (0.21) 0.79 (0.59–0.91) |
0.80 (0.18) 0.86 (0.70–0.95) |
0.75 (0.20) 0.79 (0.62–0.89) |
0.65 (0.23) 0.66 (0.49–0.85) |
| CHU9D (adult algorithm)3 |
0.85 (0.11) 0.87 (0.78–0.93) |
0.88 (0.10) 0.91 (0.83–0.95) |
0.86 (0.10) 0.88 (0.80–0.93) |
0.81 (0.11) 0.82 (0.75–0.90) |
| PedsQL3 | ||||
| Total score |
82.12 (12.94) 84.78 (75.00–92.39) |
81.21 (13.74) 83.70 (72.83–91.30) |
85.35 (10.57) 88.04 (79.55–94.57) |
80.10 (13.57) 81.52 (71.74–89.13) |
| Physical health |
84.85 (13.52) 87.50 (78.12–93.75) |
83.62 (14.86) 87.50 (75.00–96.87) |
87.42 (11.20) 90.63 (81.25–96.88) |
83.76 (13.73) 87.50 (78.13–93.75) |
| Psychosocial health |
80.64 (14.33) 83.33 (73.33–91.67) |
79.94 (14.99) 81.67 (71.67–91.67) |
84.21 (11.82) 86.67 (76.67–93.33) |
78.09 (15.13) 80.00 (71.67–90.00) |
| Emotional functioning |
75.66 (19.03) 80.00 (65.00–90.00) |
76.94 (17.54) 80.00 (65.00–90.00) |
78.24 (18.32) 80.00 (65.00–90.00) |
71.93 (20.66) 75.00 (60.00–90.00) |
| Social functioning |
88.06 (14.74) 95.00 (80.00–100.0) |
83.60 (17.33) 87.50 (75.00–95.00) |
92.10 (10.17) 95.00 (85.00–100.0) |
89.03 (14.16) 95.00 (85.00–100.0) |
| School functioning |
78.31 (16.46) 80.00 (70.00–90.00) |
79.34 (15.95) 80.00 (70.00–90.00) |
82.45 (13.44) 85.00 (75.00–90.00) |
73.44 (18.27) 75.00 (65.00–85.00) |
IQR inter quartile range, SD standard deviation
1Low (< 25 percentile) = 2–7 points, Middle (25–75 percentile) = 8–10 points; High (> 75 percentile) = scores 11–13 points on the 0–13-point Family Affluence Scale
2Information on general health was only collected in grades 2–9
3Higher score means higher health related quality of life