Table 1. Sociodemographic Characteristics of Children/Adolescents and Their Parents for Study 1 (N = 46) and Study 2 (N = 68).
| Sociodemographic variables | Study 1 |
Study 2 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | M (SD) | N (%) | M (SD) | |
| Age | ||||
| Children | 9.96 (1.58) | 13.09 (2.22) | ||
| Parents | 44.74 (4.63) | 44.97 (6.19) | ||
| Sex | ||||
| Children (female) | 30 (65.2%) | – | 41 (60.3%) | – |
| Parents (female) | 40 (87.0%) | – | 62 (91.2%) | – |
| Children: Type of school | ||||
| Elementary school | 29 (63.0%) | – | 6 (8.8%) | – |
| Grammar school | 15 (32.6%) | – | 25 (36.8%) | – |
| Secondary school | 1 (1.5%) | – | ||
| Comprehensive school | – | – | 35 (51.5%) | – |
| Other school type/no statement | 2 (4.3%) | – | 1 (1.5%) | – |
| Parents: native languagea | ||||
| German | 34 (73.9%) | – | 61 (89.7%) | – |
| Others/no statement | 12 (26.1%) | 7 (10.3%) | ||
| Parents: Family status | ||||
| Married or partnership | 34 (73.9%) | – | 57 (83.8%) | – |
| Single/Divorced/Widowed | 6 (13.0%) | – | 11 (16.2%) | – |
| No statement | 6 (13.0%) | – | – | – |
| Parents: Education (% higher education) | 24 (52.2%) | – | 29 (42.6%) | – |
| Parents: Occupation | ||||
| Unemployed | 1 (2.2%) | – | 1 (1.5%) | – |
| In training | – | – | 1 (1.5%) | – |
| Employee/civil servant | 30 (65.2%) | – | 53 (77.9%) | – |
| Self-employed | 2 (4.3%) | – | 5 (7.4%) | – |
| Housewife/-husband | 10 (21.7%) | – | 7 (10.3%) | – |
| Retired | – | 1 (1.5%) | ||
| No statement | 3 (6.5%) | – | – | – |
aStudy 2 also asked for nationality: 95.6% German or dual citizenship including German (e.g. Czech, Romanian, Croatian), 1.5% American, 1.5% Bulgarian and 1.5% Czech.