Table 2.
Sample Characteristics.
| Characteristic | Mothers N = 20 |
Fathers N = 19 |
Infants N = 22 |
|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) or median (IQ-range) or mean ± sd | n (%) or median (IQ-range) or mean ± sd | n (%) or median (IQ-range) or mean ± sd | |
| Age, years | 32.5 (31.0; 35.8) 33.3 ± 2.8 |
35.0 (31.0; 38.0) 36.5 ± 8.1 |
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| Nationality | |||
| Swiss | 16 (80%) | 16 (84%) | |
| German | 1 (5%) | 2 (11%) | |
| Macedonian | 1 (5%) | ||
| Italian | 1 (5%) | ||
| Other | 2 (10%) | ||
| Marital status | |||
| Married | 14 (70%) | ||
| Unmarried | 6 (30%) | ||
| Living in Switzerland since | |||
| Birth | 15 (75%) | 16 (84%) | |
| >20 years | 1 (5%) | 2 (11%) | |
| >5 years | 2 (10%) | ||
| >2 years | 1 (5%) | 1 (5%) | |
| <2 years | 1 (5%) | ||
| Highest education level | |||
| Primary and secondary school | 2 (10%) | ||
| Apprenticeship | 3 (15%) | 5 (26%) | |
| College of higher education | 6 (30%) | 1 (5%) | |
| University of applied science | 3 (15%) | 2 (11%) | |
| University | 6 (30%) | 9 (47%) | |
| Other | 2 (11%) | ||
| Employment status | |||
| Full-time | 5 (25%) | 11 (58%) | |
| Part-time | 11 (55%) | 5 (26%) | |
| Not employed | 4 (20%) | 3 (16%) | |
| Yearly family income | |||
| 40,000–60,000 Swiss francs | 1 (5%) | ||
| 60,000–80,000 Swiss francs | 3 (15%) | ||
| 80,000–100,000 Swiss francs | 5 (25%) | ||
| >100,000 Swiss francs | 11 (55%) | ||
| Method of delivery | |||
| Planned caesarean | 6 (30%) | ||
| Unplanned caesarean | 12 (60%) | ||
| Vaginal delivery | 2 (10%) | ||
| Multiple birth | 2 (10%) | ||
| Infant’s gender | |||
| Male | 11 (50%) | ||
| Female | 11 (50%) | ||
| Gestational age at birth, weeks | 28.0 (26.0; 32.8) 29.0 ± 3.3 |
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| Birth weight, g | 1097.5 (706.3; 1677.5) 1209.5 ± 548.3 |
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| Birth length, cm | 40.0 (32.8; 43.5) 38.6 ± 5.8 |
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| Length of hospital stay, days | 63.0 (28.3; 94.8) 71.7 ± 52.9 |