Table 1 Characteristics of participating families at baseline (T1)
Variables | |
|---|---|
Maternal age (years), mean (SD) | 30 (4.7) |
Maternal education % | |
Basic schooling (≤9 years) | 9.5% |
Basic schooling+ (10–11 years) | 27.6% |
Finished high school (13 years) | 25.4% |
Higher education (≥14 years) | 37.6% |
Maternal work status % | |
No paid work | 37.0% |
Part-time paid work | 32.0% |
Full-time paid work | 31.0% |
Maternal relationship status % | |
Married/cohabiter | 91.2% |
Single | 8.8% |
Maternal mother tongue % | |
Norwegian | 93.6% |
Other than Norwegian | 6.4% |
Family economy % | |
We manage well/very well | 53.4% |
We manage | 40.7% |
We manage poorly/very poorly | 5.9% |
Pariety % | |
One child | 48.2% |
Two children | 37.2% |
Three to ten children | 14.6% |
Offspring infant gender % | |
Girl | 51.1% |
Boy | 48.9% |