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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the sample by parental region of birth

From: Differential impact of parental region of birth on negative parenting behavior and its effects on child mental health: Results from a large sample of 6 to 11 year old school children in France

 

Parental region of birth

  

% (n)

Both from Western region

Both from C/African region

Both from Mahrebian region

One from C/African region/One from other region

One from Maghrebian region/One from other region

One from Western region/Missing information on other parent

Total

p-value a

Sample size range by socio-demographic characteristic

660 - 778

16 - 25

33 - 39

37 - 54

67 - 81

112 - 129

925 - 1106

 

Child’s gender

Boy

50.6 (394)

48.0 (12)

46.2 (18)

55.6 (30)

45.7 (37)

45.0 (58)

49.6 (549)

0.712

Girl

49.4 (384)

52.0 (13)

53.8 (21)

44.4 (24)

53.4 (44)

55.0 (71)

50.4 (557)

Child’s age, years

Mean (SD)

8.03 (1.47)

8.24 (1.27)

8.36 (1.65)

8.07 (1.65)

8.22 (1.52)

8.41 (1.49)

8.11 (1.49)

0.105

6–8 years

61.6 (478)

68.0 (17)

48.7 (19)

63.0 (34)

55.6 (45)

50.0 (64)

59.6 (657)

0.088

9–11 years

38.4 (298)

32.0 (8)

51.3 (20)

37.0 (20)

44.4 (36)

50.0 (64)

40.4 (446)

Number of children in household

2 or 3

78.7 (612)

52.0 (13)

46.2 (18)

64.8 (35)

66.7 (54)

55.8 (72)

72.7 (804)

<1 E-10

single child

15.2 (118)

8.0 (2)

2.6 (1)

13.0 (7)

18.5 (15)

38.0 (49)

17.4 (192)

>3

6.2 (48)

40.0 (10)

51.3 (20)

22.2 (12)

14.8 (12)

6.2 (8)

10.0 (110)

Parental sociodemographic factors

Single-parent home

2.4 (19)

0 (0)

2.6 (1)

25.9 (14)

16.1 (13)

86.1 (111)

14.3 (158)

<0.001

Monthly income (per person)

High

40.2 (283)

4.4 (1)

5.9 (2)

23.4 (11)

32.0 (24)

3.3 (4)

32.3 (325)

<1 E-10

Medium

35.7 (251)

17.4 (4)

20.6 (7)

25.5 (12)

24.0 (18)

33.6 (41)

33.1 (333)

Low

24.2 (170)

78.3 (18)

73.5 (25)

51.1 (24)

44.0 (33)

63.1 (77)

34.5 (347)

Educationl level

High

43.4 (337)

16.0 (4)

5.3 (2)

30.2 (16)

35.0 (28)

11.6 (15)

36.5 (402)

<1 E-10

Medium

29.1 (226)

16.0 (4)

23.7 (9)

20.8 (11)

25.0 (20)

26.4 (34)

27.6 (304)

Low

27.5 (213)

68.0 (17)

71.1 (27)

49.1 (26)

40.0 (32)

62.0 (80)

35.9 (395)

Employment status

Unemployment of at least one parent

9.9 (77)

36.0 (9)

37.8 (14)

18.0 (9)

17.7 (14)

12.9 (16)

12.7 (139)

<0.001

Parental psychopathology

Mother’s psychological distress (MH5)

16.1 (106)

31.3 (5)

33.3 (11)

24.3 (9)

29.9 (20)

26.8 (30)

19.6 (181)

0.001

Environmental factors

Living in a DSA

5.7 (44)

36.0 (9)

38.5 (15)

25.9 (14)

11.1 (9)

12.4 (16)

9.7 (107)

<0.001

Living in a rural setting

18.3 (142)

8.0 (2)

2.6 (1)

7.4 (4)

2.5 (2)

16.3 (21)

15.6 (172)

<0.001

  1. aUnless otherwise specified, significance of Fisher’s exact test; for the number of children in household, income level and education level, the test is the
  2. Freeman-Halton extension of Fisher’s test with a Monte-Carlo random sampling (10,000 samples). For age as a continuous variable, the p-value is from an ANOVA. Due to missing data for some socio-demographic characteristics, the sample size range is presented. Bold means significant 0.05 and above