TABLE 1.
Participants’ characteristics.
| Variable | Frequency | Percentage% | |
| Gender of children | |||
| Female | 196 | 54.9 | |
| Male | 161 | 45.1 | |
| Marital status of mothers | |||
| Married/life partner | 255 | 71.4 | |
| Divorced | 9 | 2.5 | |
| Widowed | 1 | 0.3 | |
| Single | 74 | 20.7 | |
| Missing | 18 | ||
| Nationality | |||
| Italian | 296 | 82.9 | |
| Foreign | 60 | 16.8 | |
| Missing | 1 | ||
| Education | |||
| Elementary school | 2 | 0.6 | |
| Middle school | 49 | 13.7 | |
| High school | 188 | 52.7 | |
| Degree | 109 | 30.5 | |
| Missing | 9 | ||
| Occupation | |||
| Employe | 199 | 55.7 | |
| Self-employed | 30 | 8.4 | |
| Business owner | 8 | 2.2 | |
| Housewife | 84 | 23.5 | |
| Unemployed | 26 | 7.3 | |
| Student | 1 | 0.3 | |
| Missing | 9 | ||