Table 1.
Characteristics and demographics of parents N (%) or M (SD)
| Total N = 461 |
On-site n = 237 |
Blended n = 84 |
VC n = 138 |
X2 | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parent characteristics | ||||||
| Proportion of mothers | 346 (75.1) | 178 (75.1) | 56 (66.7) | 112 (81.2) | 6.89 | 0.14 |
| Parental educational level | ||||||
| Elementary school | 10 (2.2) | 8 (3.4) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (1.45) | 3.81 | 0.15 |
| High school/vocational school | 167 (36.2) | 101 (42.6) | 27 (32.1) | 39 (28.3) | 8.56 | 0.01 |
| University | 264 (57.3) | 117 (49.4) | 55 (65.5) | 92 (66.7) | 13.62 | 0.01 |
| Other | 18 (3.9) | 11 (4.6) | 2 (2.4) | 5 (3.6) | 0.89 | 0.64 |
| Parent born in Sweden | 392 (85.0) | 205 (86.5) | 68 (81.4) | 119 (86.2) | 1.64 | 0.44 |
| Characteristics of focal child | ||||||
| Age | 5.74 (2.6) | 5.75 (2.7) | 6.18 (2.6) | 5.46 (2.4) | 4.84 | 0.09 |
| Proportion of girls | 184 (39.9) | 99 (41.8) | 32 (38.1) | 53 (38.4) | 0.91 | 0.63 |
| Number of siblings | 1.14 (0.8) | 1.18 (0.7) | 1.21 (0.81) | 1.02 (0.7) | 7.09 | 0.03 |
Statistically significant differences between groups are presented in bold; Kruskal-Wallis Test was used to calculate numerical data (age and siblings of child) and Chi2 for the remaining (categorical) outcomes