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Table 2 Sociodemographic and psychosocial characteristics of the sample (n = 126)

From: Vulnerable parenting among mothers with substance abuse in their family of origin: a cross-sectional comparative study of mothers in an infant and toddler program

 

Index women

COMP women

p value

n = 35

n = 91

Age of mother (years)

30.5 (SD 5.8)

32.5 (SD 4.9)

.075a

Primiparous

23 (66 %)

63 (69 %)

.766b

Age of child (months)

17.49 (SD 14.0)

13.94 (SD 13.8)

.189a

Married/cohabitating

25 (71 %)

81 (89 %)

.048b

Educational background

  

.225b

 Elementary <9 years

5 (14 %)

5 (6 %)

 

 Grammar/secondary 10–12 years

14 (40 %)

35 (39 %)

 

 College/university >12 years

16 (46 %)

52 (56 %)

 

Unemployed

6 (17 %)

15 (17 %)

.929b

Mother’s ethnicity

  

.038b

Swedish origin

19 (54 %)

64 (70 %)

 

Scandinavian origin

5 (14 %)

2 (2 %)

 

European origin

6 (17 %)

17 (19 %)

 

“Outside Europe” origin

5 (14 %)

8 (9 %)

 
  1. a t test
  2. bPearson’s Chi square
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