Table 1 Characteristics of participants, according to the number of migrant parents, Ballabeina and Youp’là Bouge studies
From: Health-related quality of life in migrant preschool children
Number of migrant parents 1 | Test (pvalue) 2 | Test (pvalue) 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
None | One | Both | |||
Ballabeina (N) | 142 | 124 | 224 | ||
Girls (%) | 76 (53.5) | 65 (52.4) | 117 (52.2) | 0.97 | 0.80 |
Age (years) | 5.1 ± 0.6 | 5.3 ± 0.6 | 5.2 ± 0.6 | 0.15 | 0.99 |
Born in Switzerland (%) | 139 (98.6) | 116 (94.3) | 192 (86.5) | <0.001 | <0.001 |
Foreign language spoken at home (%) | 4 (2.9) | 22 (17.7) | 161 (71.9) | <0.001 | <0.001 |
At least one parent with low education (%) 4 | 12 (8.4) | 43 (34.7) | 119 (53.2) | <0.001 | <0.001 |
Percentage occupation father ≥ 80% (%) | 131 (92.3) | 115 (92.7) | 183 (81.7) | 0.002 | 0.002 |
Percentage occupation mother ≥80% (%) | 10 (7.0) | 18 (14.5) | 52 (23.2) | <0.001 | <0.001 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 15.4 ± 1.2 | 15.7 ± 1.6 | 15.9 ± 1.7 | 0.03 | 0.006 |
Sleep duration (minutes/day) | 666 ± 30 | 660 ± 30 | 648 ± 36 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
Screen time (minutes/day) | 38 ± 36 | 69 ± 63 | 82 ± 64 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
Playing outside (minutes/day) | 104 ± 60 | 88 ± 55 | 86 ± 54 | 0.01 | 0.11 |
Youp’là bouge (N) | 482 | 275 | 218 | ||
Girls (%) | 229 (47.5) | 134 (48.7) | 90 (41.3) | 0.21 | 0.19 |
Age (years) | 3.3 ± 0.7 | 3.3 ± 0.7 | 3.3 ± 0.7 | 0.93 | 0.26 |
Born in Switzerland (%) | 470 (97.5) | 262 (95.3) | 182 (83.5) | <0.001 | <0.001 |
At least one parent with low education (%) 4 | 20 (4.1) | 44 (16.0) | 69 (31.6) | <0.001 | <0.001 |
Percentage occupation father ≥ 80% (%) | 453 (94.0) | 240 (87.3) | 190 (87.2) | 0.001 | <0.005 |
Percentage occupation mother ≥80% (%) | 93 (19.3) | 84 (30.6) | 117 (53.7) | <0.001 | <0.001 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 16.0 ± 1.2 | 16.3 ± 1.3 | 16.6 ± 1.3 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
Sleep duration (minutes/day) | 668 ± 41 | 656 ± 43 | 641 ± 44 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
Screen time (minutes/day) | 31 ± 30 | 37 ± 35 | 52 ± 49 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
Playing outside (minutes/day) | 115 ± 68 | 200 ± 65 | 76 ± 56 | <0.001 | <0.01 |