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Table 1 Sample characteristics of children and primary caregivers

From: Exploring protective and risk factors in the home environment in high-risk families – results from the Danish High Risk and Resilience Study—VIA 7

 

N

FHR-SZ

FHR-BP

PBC

P-valuef

P-valuef Pairwise comparison

 

FHR-SZ vs. PBC

FHR-BP vs. PBC

FHR-BP vs. FHR-SZ

Childrena

471

172

109

190

    

Females, N (%)

223/471

85 (49.42)

52 (47.71)

86 (45.26)

0.73

0.43

0.68

0.78

Children's IQb, mean (SD)

468

102.58 (11.10)

104.08 (9.42)

105 (10.07)

0.08

0.03

0.44

0.24

Severe life events 0–3 years old

471

   

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

0.48

 0

 

63 (36.63)

48 (44.04)

114 60.00)

    

 1

 

56 (32.56)

28 (25.69)

55 (28.95)

    

 2

 

40 (23.26)

27 (24.77)

15 (7.89)

    

 3

 

13 (7.56)

6 (5.50)

6 (3.16)

    

Severe life events 4–7 years old:

471

   

0.004

0.001

0.023

0.60

 0

 

45 (26.16)

32 (29.36)

78 (41.05)

    

 1

 

52 (30.23)

33 (30.28)

65 (34.21)

    

 2

 

50 (29.07)

34 (31.19)

32 (16.84)

    

 3

 

25 (14.53)

10 (9.17)

15 (7.89)

    

K-SADS-PLc diagnosis present

469

   

0.002

0.001

0.012

0.67

 No

 

97 (57.06)

65 (59.63)

140 (73.68)

    

 Yes

 

73 (42.94)

44 (40.37)

50 (26.32)

    

Primary caregiversd

471

172

109

190

    

Female primary caregivers, N (%)

430/471

155 (90.12)

102 (93.58)

173 (91.05)

0.60

0.76

0.44

0.31

Primary caregiver's age, mean (SD)

471

37.50 (5.95)

39.41 (5.71)

40.06 (4.15)

 < 0.001

 < 0.0001

0.26

0.01

Primary caregiver´s IQb, mean (SD)

466

102.43 (8.80)

104.94 (8.23)

103.97 (7.96)

0.04

0.08

0.32

0.02

Primary caregiver is single, N (%)

123/471

68 (39.53)

34 (31.19)

21 (11.05)

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

0.16

Primary caregiver´s level of functioninge, mean (SD)

466

72.71 (14.28)

74.70 (14.08)

84.38 (9.20)

 < 0.0001

 < 0.001

 < 0.0001

0.26

Primary caregiver is unemployed

355/471

62 (36.05)

36 (33.03)

18 (9.47)

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

0.61

Diagnosis of substance use

22/471

13 (7.56)

9 (8.26)

0 (0)

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

0.83

  1. aIn the case of siblings, parent and child information is only included from the first included sibling in order not to count the same parent twice. bReynolds Intellectual Screening Test (RIST). cKSADS-PL, Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia. dPrimary caregiver is defined as the parent or forster parent that knows the child the best and spends most time with the child. ePersonal and Social Performance Scale (PSP).fData was analysed with either one-way analyses of variance (ANOVA) (continuous variables) or Chi-squared test (categorical variables)
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