Table 1 Sociodemographic variables of the mothers and fathers of children with and without special needs
Mothers | Fathers | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Child without special needs | Child with cerebral palsy/spina bifida | Child with Down syndrome | Child without special needs | Child with cerebral palsy/spina bifida | Child with Down syndrome | |
Age, mean (SD), yrs | 27.78 (4.89) | 27.50 (4.80) | 30.42 (6.07) | 30.99 (5.96) | 31.09 (6.21) | 33.57 (6.54) |
Immigrant background | ||||||
Native Norwegian (%) | 80.5 | 90.1 | 80.2 | 80.5 | 79.5 | 88.5 |
Non-western (%) | 10.8 | 7.4 | 9.8 | 9.3 | 9.6 | 6.5 |
Western (%) | 10.4 | 2.4 | 9.8 | 10.2 | 10.8 | 4.9 |
Married (%) | 54.3 | 50.6 | 50.5 | 54.9 | 49.4 | 49.1 |
Younger children in the household (%) | 37.1 | 41.9 | 37.3 | 37.1 | 40.9 | 31.1 |
Educational level | ||||||
Compulsory school or less (%) | 17.8 | 20.9 | 15.3 | 19.3 | 22.9 | 13.1 |
Upper secondary school (%) | 34.7 | 40.7 | 32.9 | 44.9 | 51.8 | 60.6 |
Bachelor’s level (%) | 36.8 | 30.8 | 43.9 | 23.4 | 16.9 | 16.3 |
Master’s level (%) | 8.6 | 4.9 | 6.5 | 10.4 | 3.6 | 6.5 |
Unknown (%) | 3.8 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 4.8 | 3.2 |
Lives in the capital (%) | 19.4 | 6.1 | 25.2 | 18.8 | 3.6 | 16.3 |
Unemployment rate, mean (SD) | 3.5 (0.84) | 3.1 (0.78) | 3.5 (1.0) | 3.49 (0.84) | 3.17 (0.83) | 3.3 (0.95) |
n= | 101667 | 81 | 91 | 100582 | 81 | 91 |