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Table 3 Characteristics of the study population (n = 4,032)

From: Children's health and parental socioeconomic factors: a population-based survey in Finland

 

Characteristics of the study population

Health status

  

Prevalence of psychosomatic symptom(s)

 

Prevalence of long-term disease(s)

 
  

Good

Moderate or poor

     
 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

p*

n (%)

p*

n (%)

p*

Gender

   

0.81

 

0.45

 

0.07

   Boy

2106 (52)

2023 (97)

69 (3)

 

220 (11)

 

256 (12)

 

   Girl

1926 (48)

1857 (97)

66 (3)

 

217 (11)

 

200 (10)

 

Age

   

0.00

 

0.00

 

0.00

   0-2

1004 (25)

932 (94)

65 (7)

 

133 (13)

 

93 (9)

 

   3-6

1287 (32)

1256 (98)

28 (2)

 

97 (8)

 

131 (10)

 

   7-11

1741 (43)

1692 (98)

42 (2)

 

207 (12)

 

232 (13)

 

Parent's highest level of education

   

0.80

 

0.89

 

0.21

   Junior high school or less (≤9 years)

252 (6)

244 (97)

7 (3)

 

29 (12)

 

23 (9)

 

   Senior high school/vocational school (11-13 years)

2456 (61)

2365 (97)

85 (4)

 

265 (11)

 

269 (11)

 

   Polytechnic, college or university degree (≥ 15 years)

1291 (32)

1240 (97)

41 (3)

 

137 (11)

 

161 (13)

 

Household's net income/month (€)

   

0.55

 

0.05

 

0.60

   Below 1999

797 (20)

766 (96)

30 (4)

 

101 (13)

 

93 (12)

 

   2000-2999

1292 (32)

1243 (97)

45 (4)

 

151 (12)

 

134 (10)

 

   3000-3999

1419 (35)

1372 (97)

39 (3)

 

131 (9)

 

170 (12)

 

   4000-10,000

347 (9)

336 (97)

10 (3)

 

35 (10)

 

38 (11)

 

Working status

   

0.04

 

0.01

 

0.06

   Working

2541 (63)

2460 (97)

73 (3)

 

248 (10)

 

305 (12)

 

   Not in work

1470 (37)

1402 (96)

60 (4)

 

185 (13)

 

148 (10)

 
  1. * p-value of ≤0.05 considered statistically significant