Evaluation of the national roll-out of parenting programmes across England: the parenting early intervention programme (PEIP)

Table 2 Descriptive statistics for parental and child background measures for Wave 1 compared with Waves 2 and 3

		Wave 1		Waves 2 and 3
Variable	Value	N	%	N	%
Parent Gender	Male	291	13.3	888	14.6
	Female	1903	86.7	5207	85.4
Relationship to child	Biological parent	1916	91.2	5413	90.6
	Step parent	54	2.6	147	2.5
	Parent’s partner	39	1.9	141	2.4
	Adoptive parent	12	0.6	59	1.0
	Foster parent	30	1.4	36	0.6
	Other	51	2.4	181	3.0
Parent ethnic group	White British	1471	76.1	4840	80.7
	White other group	72	3.7	117	2.6
	Mixed heritage	50	2.6	161	2.7
	Asian	229	11.9	491	8.2
	Black	69	3.6	256	43
	Any other ethnic group	41	2.1	95	1.6
Parent highest level of education	Left school at 16 or earlier	941	48.9
Parent highest level of education	Left school at 17 or 18	220	11.0
	FE college/apprenticeship	580	28.9
	Attended university	267	13.3
Parent highest qualification	None			1327	23.5
Parent highest qualification	Fewer than 5 GCSEs			1707	30.3
	5 or more GCSEs at A*- C			546	9.7
	A/AS level			312	5.5
	Higher education below degree level			1106	19.6
	Degree			638	11.3
Parent health	Family doctor	1107	59.0	3010	49.0
	Social worker	373	19.9	1312	21.4
	Counsellor	321	17.1	910	14.8
	Psychiatrist	146	7.8	525	8.5
	Other professional	432	23.1	1456	23.7
	At least one of the above	1469	66.6	4253	69.2
Child gender	Male	1247	62.3	3539	61.3
	Female	755	37.7	2234	38.7
Child age	Mean (SD)	9.3	(3.2)	8.6	(3.9)
Completed post-test			50.8%		54.0%
Total sample		2207		6143

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