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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the sample, n = 909

From: Parents’ drinking, childhood hangover? Parental alcohol use, subjective health complaints and perceived stress among Swedish adolescents aged 10–18 years

 

Mean

s.d.

Min

Max

Psychological complaints

5.38

1.8

3

12

Somatic complaints

6.10

2.2

3

14

Age

14.2

2.6

10

18

 

n

%

  

Perceived stress

    

No

719

79.1

  

Yes

190

20.9

  

Parental alcohol use

    

Abstainers

85

9.4

  

Low consumers

96

10.6

  

Moderate drinkers

613

67.4

  

Heavy drinkers

115

12.7

  

Gender

    

Girls

455

50.1

  

Boys

454

49.9

  

Family structure

    

Two parents

634

69.8

  

One parent

139

15.3

  

Reconstituted

136

15.0

  

Household social class

    

Manual

241

26.5

  

Farmers & self-employed

89

9.8

  

Intermediate/lower non-manual

282

31.0

  

Higher non-manual

297

32.7

  

Household cash margin

    

Yes

780

85.8

  

No

129

14.2

  

Parental education

    

Compulsory or vocational

304

33.4

  

Secondary or lower tertiary

353

38.8

  

University degree

252

27.7

  

Parental unemployment

    

No

842

92.6

  

Yes

67

7.4