Table 2 Descriptive statistics of parental information for the period 2004–2012
From: The influence of education on the access to childhood immunization: the case of Spain
Personal characteristics | Mean (SD) | Health status | Mean (SD) |
Father’s age | 45.038 (9.05) | Parental consumption of medicines | 0.412 (0.84) |
Mother’s age | 43.070 (8.79) | Father’s co-morbidity episodes | 2.843 (2.05) |
Parents are separated or divorced | 0.046 (0.21) | Mother’s co-morbidity episodes | 3.661 (2.40) |
Father deceased | 0.012 (0.11) | Father’s Charlson index | 0.202 (0.60) |
Mother deceased | 0.004 (0.06) | Mother’s Charlson index | 0.160 (0.50) |
Father’s schooling years | 9.819 (4.03) | Father’s mental problems | 0.057 (0.23) |
Mother’s schooling years | 9.988 (4.14) | Mother’s mental problems | 0.135 (0.34) |
Maternal employment | 0.669 (0.47) | ||
Health-care use | Mean (SD) | Lifestyle behaviour | Mean (SD) |
Father’s visits to GP | 8.188 (8.38) | ||
Mother’s visits to GP | 10.261 (9.19) | Father’s average BMI | 27.693 (4.25) |
Father’s hospitalization days | 0.500 (2.24) | Mother’s average BMI | 26.253 (5.37) |
Mother’s hospitalization days | 0.318 (1.50) | Father smoker | 0.275 (0.45) |
Father’s urgent visits | 0.670 (0.98) | Mother smoker | 0.236 (0.42) |
Mother’s urgent visits | 0.667 (0.98) | Father’s alcoholism | 0.027 (0.16) |
Father’s visits to specialist | 3.235 (4.42) | Mother’s alcoholism | 0.004 (0.06) |
Mother’s visits to specialist | 3.486 (4.92) |