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Table 1 Characteristics of the study sample and comparison of observed and imputed data (N = 10,714)

From: Parental separation and adult psychological distress: an investigation of material and relational mechanisms

    

Imputed

 

Missing (%)

Observed (%)a

Imputed (%)a

Parental separation (%)

No parental separation (%)

Psychological distress (30 yrs)

     

  Median [IQR]

0b

3 [1-5]

3 [1-5]

3 [1-6]

2 [1-5]

Parental separation (0–16 yrs)

     

  No separation

41.1

79.8

79.8

-

-

  Separation

 

20.2

20.2

-

-

Gender (0 yrs)

     

  Men

8.0

48.6

48.9

49.3

48.7

  Women

 

51.4

51.1

50.7

51.3

Adolescent material advantage (16 yrs)

     

  Mean [SD]

34.1

0.01 (1.00)

−0.04 (1.03)

−0.61 (1.19)

0.11 (0.93)

  Educational attainment (26 yrs)

     

  No qualifications

35.7

4.8

6.0

9.5

5.1

  CSE 2-5/O-level

 

58.9

60.7

67.2

59.0

  A-level

 

10.8

10.2

8.0

10.8

  Higher qualification/degree

 

25.5

23.1

15.4

25.1

Adult social class (30 yrs)

     

  Professional (I)

18.2

6.4

6.1

4.3

6.6

  Managerial/technical (II)

 

34.9

34.0

29.8

35.1

  Skilled non-manual (IIINM)

 

24.8

24.9

24.5

25.0

  Skilled manual (IIIM)

 

20.5

21.0

24.9

20.0

  Semi-skilled manual (IV)

 

10.8

11.1

13.1

10.6

  Unskilled manual (V)

 

2.7

2.8

3.4

2.7

Adult housing tenure (30 yrs)

     

  Own/mortgage

0.9

65.1

65.0

57.5

67.0

  Social housing

 

13.9

13.9

20.0

12.3

  Privately-rented

 

12.0

12.0

14.1

11.4

  Other

 

9.1

9.1

8.4

9.3

Parent–child relationship quality (16 yrs)

     

  Mean [SD]

54.2

−0.02 (0.77)

0.01 (0.75)

0.09 (0.77)

−0.01 (0.75)

Partnership status (30 yrs)

     

  Cohabiting

0.01

21.5

21.5

23.1

21.1

  Single

 

28.2

28.2

29.0

27.9

  Married

 

42.3

42.3

38.4

43.3

  Remarried

 

1.6

1.6

1.9

1.5

  Separated/divorced

 

6.5

6.5

7.6

6.2

Father’s social class (0 yrs)

     

  Professional (I)

8.4

5.4

5.4

3.3

6.0

  Managerial/technical (II)

 

12.5

12.5

10.0

13.1

  Skilled non-manual (IIINM)

 

13.1

13.0

10.4

13.7

  Skilled manual (IIIM)

 

46.4

46.4

47.6

46.1

  Semi-skilled manual (IV)

 

14.1

14.1

16.3

13.5

  Unskilled manual (V)

 

8.5

8.7

12.4

7.7

Mother’s education (0 yrs)

     

  Stayed beyond minimum age

8.6

35.9

36.1

31.9

37.2

  Left at or before minimum age

 

64.1

63.9

68.1

62.8

Mother’s age (0 yrs)

     

  Mean yrs [SD]

8.0

26.2 (5.30)

26.2 (5.32)

24.3 (4.8)

26.7 (5.3)

  1. aOnly %s are given as Ns vary across the 20 imputed datasets. bNo participants have missing values on psychological distress as we only impute and analyse data on those with complete information on this variable.
  2. Abbreviations: A-level Advanced level, CSE Certificate of Secondary Education, O-level ordinary level, SD standard deviation, IQR interquartile range.
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