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Table 1 Gender based parental care and overprotection scores for all participants

From: Perceived inadequate care and excessive overprotection during childhood are associated with greater risk of sleep disturbance in adulthood: the Hisayama Study

Parenting factors

Score range

All (n = 702)

Men (n = 265)

Women (n = 437)

p valuea)

median

IQR

median

IQR

median

IQR

Father

        
 

Care

0–36

28

21–33

26

20–32

30

23–34

<0.001

 

Overprotection

0–39

8

4–13

9

4–14

8

3–13

0.03

Mother

        
 

Care

0–36

31

25–35

29

24–34

32

26–35

<0.001

 

Overprotection

0–39

8

4–13

9

4–14

7

3–13

0.02

  1. IQR, interquartile range
  2. a)P values between men and women were tested by Mann-Whitney U-test.