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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of the sample.

From: Influence of parental employment status on Dutch and Slovak adolescents' health

  

Slovak % (N)

Dutch % (N)

Gender

male

52.4 (1370)

50.2 (1032)

 

female

47.6 (1246)

49.8 (1022)

Mean age (SD)

 

14.9 (0.62)

16.3 (0.75)

Type of school a

grammar school (4 years)

21.8 (571)

 
 

technical school (4 years)

55.4 (1450)

 
 

apprentice school (2 or 3 years)

22.8 (595)

 

Type of school

pre-university education (6 years)

 

21.3 (437)

 

higher secondary education (5 years)

 

26.1 (537)

 

lower secondary education (4 years)

 

25.5 (523)

 

vocational education (4 years)

 

22.6 (465)

 

individual education

 

4.5 (92)

Family type

both own parents

85.0 (2224)

83.5 (1715)

 

only one own parent

8.1 (211)

9.6 (197)

 

one own parent + one step parent

4.5 (119)

3.5 (72)

 

other

0.1 (2)

3.4 (70)

 

missing

2.3 (60)

0

Father's ES

employed

85.1 (2226)

86.5 (1777)

 

unemployed

7.4 (193)

3.8 (78)

 

disabled

3.3 (87)

3.7 (77)

 

retired

0.3 (9)

1.1 (22)

 

househusband/maternity leave

0.0 (1)

1.0 (20)

 

missing

3.8 (100)

3.9 (80)

Mother's ES

employed

79.5 (2079)

49.5 (1016)

 

unemployed

8.7 (228)

3.6 (74)

 

disabled

5.1 (134)

2.6 (53)

 

retired

0.2 (5)

0.1 (3)

 

housewife/maternity leave

5.4 (141)

42.6 (875)

 

missing

1.1 (29)

1.6 (33)

  1. aBecause of the different school systems in Slovakia and the Netherlands, type of school is presented separately for each country.
  2. ES = employment status.