Mail survey | Phone survey | |||
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Parental Mean age (sd) | 41.70 (5.48) | 41.74 (5.49) | ||
t - value | -.166 p = .868 | |||
Parental status | n | % | N | % |
Mother | 755 | 83.6 | 655 | 82.8 |
Father | 137 | 15.2 | 130 | 16.4 |
Other | 11 | 1.2 | 6 | 0.8 |
χ2 - value (df = 2) | 0.727 p = .695 | |||
Marital status | n | % | N | % |
married | 688 | 76.4 | 644 | 81.4 |
widowed | 9 | 1.0 | 7 | 0.9 |
living apart | 97 | 10.8 | 78 | 9.9 |
divorced | 35 | 3.9 | 23 | 2.9 |
single | 71 | 7.9 | 39 | 6.5 |
χ2 - value (df = 4) | 8.568 p = .073 | |||
Status of education | n | % | N | % |
no graduation | 20 | 2.2 | 8 | 1 |
elementary school | 211 | 23.4 | 165 | 20.9 |
secondary school level | 372 | 41.2 | 333 | 42.2 |
University entrance diploma | 116 | 12.8 | 111 | 14.1 |
grad. of advanced technical college | 82 | 9.1 | 70 | 8.9 |
university degree | 102 | 11.3 | 103 | 13 |
χ2 - value (df = 5) | 6.477 p = .263 | |||
Occupational Status | n | % | N | % |
full time | 319 | 35.5 | 267 | 33.8 |
part time | 350 | 39.0 | 311 | 39.3 |
casual labour | 37 | 4.1 | 47 | 5.9 |
out of work | 35 | 3.9 | 32 | 4.0 |
homemaker/house husband | 138 | 15.4 | 113 | 14.3 |
student/retiree | 10 | 1.1 | 13 | 1.6 |
miscellaneous | 9 | 1.0 | 8 | 1.0 |
χ2 - value (df = 6) | 4.420 p = .620 | |||
Childrens mean age (sd) | 13.38 (2.79) | 13.32 (2.88) | ||
t - value | .486 p = .627 | |||
Gender of the Child | n | % | n | % |
Female | 464 | 50.9 | 401 | 48.6 |
Male | 448 | 49.1 | 424 | 51.4 |
χ2 - value (df = 1) | .894 p = .344 |