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Table 3 Prevalence of variables regarding parents of children included in the MAPEC_LIFE cohort

From: Lifestyles and socio-cultural factors among children aged 6–8 years from five Italian towns: the MAPEC_LIFE study cohort

 

BS

LE

PG

PI

TO

mean

P-valuea

Born in Italy (%)

 Mother

83.4

92.4

87.2

77.4

82.2

84.7

<0.001

 Father

86.6

95.7

90.6

82.9

84.1

88.1

<0.001

High-school education or greater (%)

 Mother

78.4

85.1

91.1

85.0

79.3

83.7

<0,001

 Father

68.8

78.2

85.0

72.8

76.4

76.2

<0,001

Employment rate (%)

 Mother

76.0

61.6

77.4

74.6

77.5

73.3

<0.001

 Father

93.9

83.8

91.8

86.0

90.1

89.2

0.002

Smoking habits (%)

 Mother

16.6

20.2

13.2

20.5

26.0

19.2

<0.001

 Father

22.1

28.6

20.6

30.4

36.6

27.5

<0.001

Smoking parents (%)

 Both

8.7

12.0

6.5

11.6

20.5

11.8

<0.001

 One only

21.4

24.9

20.9

28.0

21.6

23.3

0.058

 Neither

69.9

63.1

72.7

60.4

57.9

65.0

<0.001

  1. asignificance level by chi-squared test among frequencies in the various cities