Table 1 Characteristics of study population
Study population 2020 | Population in Germany 2019 (in million) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Parents of children aged 0–35 months | Parents of children aged 36 months – 18 years | Parents of children aged 2–17 years [37] | ||
n | 2,500 | 2,363 | 16.0 | |
Age (years): n (%) | 18–29 30–39 40–49 50–59 > = 60 | 675 (27.0) 1,518 (60.7) 288 (11.5) 16 (0.0) 3 (0.0) | 178 (7.5) 923 (39.1) 915 (38.7) 318 (13.5) 29 (1.2) | 2.4 (15.2) 5.7 (35.5) 5.9 (37.1) 1.9 (11.8) 0.6 (< 1) |
Gender: n (%) | Male Female | 705 (28.2) 1,795 (71.8) | 1,032 (43.7) 1,331 (56.3) | 7.5 (46.7) 8.5 (53.2) |
Education (highest school degree): n (%) | High Medium Low | 1,481 (59.2) 840 (33.6) 179 (7.2) | 915 (38.7) 913 (38.6) 535 (22.7) | 6.1 (38.1) 6.3 (39.3) 3.6 (22.6) |
Region: n (%) | East West | 545 (21.8) 1,955 (78.2) | 469 (19.8) 1,894 (80.2) | 2.8 (17.7) 13.2 (83.3) |
Age of child in years: mean (SD) | 1.0 (0.8) | 9.3 (4.7) | - | |
Number of children: mean (SD) | 1.7 (0.9) | 1.8 (0.9) | - | |