Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the parents constituting the study sample, overall and by NUTS statistical region

Gender

 Male

267 (37.6%)

73 (37.6%)

34 (32.4%)

58 (38.2%)

77 (41.8%)

25 (32.9%)

 Female

443 (62.3%)

120 (61.9%)

71 (67.6%)

94 (61.8%)

107 (58.2%)

51 (67.1%)

 Non-binary

1 (0.1%)

1 (0.5%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

Age group, y

 18–24

43 (6.0%)

8 (4.1%)

9 (8.6%)

6 (3.9%)

15 (8.2%)

5 (6.6%)

 25–34

242 (34.0%)

63 (32.5%)

44 (41.9%)

53 (34.9%)

59 (32.1%)

23 (30.3%)

 35–44

336 (47.3%)

95 (49.0%)

35 (33.3%)

76 (50.0%)

89 (48.4%)

41 (53.9%)

 45–54

68 (9.6%)

23 (11.9%)

11 (10.5%)

13 (8.6%)

16 (8.7%)

5 (6.6%)

 55–64

14 (2.0%)

2 (1.0%)

4 (3.8%)

3 (2.0%)

3 (1.6%)

2 (2.6%)

 ≥ 65

8 (1.1%)

3 (1.5%)

2 (1.9%)

1 (0.7%)

2 (1.1%)

0 (0.0%)

Place of residence degree of urbanization^*

 City (densely populated area)

290 (40.8%)

97 (50.0%)

33 (31.4%)

62 (40.8%)

75 (40.8%)

23 (30.3%)

 Town or suburb (intermediate density area)

326 (45.9%)

79 (40.7%)

56 (53.3%)

69 (45.4%)

79 (42.9%)

43 (56.6%)

 Rural area (thinly populated area)

95 (13.4%)

18 (9.3%)

16 (15.2%)

21 (13.8%)

30 (16.3%)

10 (13.2%)

Educational attainment

 Less than high school diploma

54 (7.6%)

15 (7.7%)

7 (6.7%)

17 (11.2%)

7 (3.8%)

8 (10.5%)

 High school diploma

391 (55.0%)

117 (60.3%)

53 (50.5%)

78 (51.3%)

91 (49.5%)

52 (68.4%)

 Academic degree

192 (27.0%)

40 (20.6%)

30 (28.6%)

42 (27.6%)

67 (36.4%)

13 (17.1%)

 Post-graduate/Doctorate degree

74 (10.4%)

22 (11.3%)

15 (14.3%)

15 (9.9%)

19 (10.3%)

3 (3.9%)

Occupation

 Teacher

41 (5.8%)

11 (5.7%)

6 (5.7%)

8 (5.3%)

11 (6.0%)

5 (6.6%)

 Student

25 (3.5%)

6 (3.1%)

3 (2.9%)

3 (2.0%)

11 (6.0%)

2 (2.6%)

 Healthcare worker (excl. medical doctor)

23 (3.2%)

5 (2.6%)

5 (4.8%)

6 (3.9%)

6 (3.3%)

1 (1.3%)

 Law enforcement member

12 (1.7%)

2 (1.0%)

2 (1.9%)

2 (1.3%)

4 (2.2%)

2 (2.6%)

 Medical doctor

10 (1.4%)

1 (0.5%)

2 (1.9%)

3 (2.0%)

2 (1.1%)

2 (2.6%)

 Other occupation

436 (61.3%)

131 (67.5%)

65 (61.9%)

97 (63.8%)

105 (57.1%)

38 (50.0%)

 Unemployed

156 (21.9%)

36 (18.6%)

20 (19.0%)

31 (20.4%)

44 (23.9%)

25 (32.9%)

 Retired

8 (1.1%)

2 (1.0%)

2 (1.9%)

2 (1.3%)

1 (0.5%)

1 (1.3%)

Household composition

 Alone

18 (2.5%)

4 (2.1%)

3 (2.9%)

3 (2.0%)

6 (3.3%)

2 (2.6%)

 Couple

584 (82.1%)

166 (85.6%)

83 (79.0%)

128 (84.2%)

146 (79.3%)

61 (80.3%)

 With parents/family

64 (9.0%)

10 (5.2%)

11 (10.5%)

16 (10.5%)

19 (10.3%)

8 (10.5%)

 Other

45 (6.3%)

14 (7.2%)

8 (7.6%)

5 (3.3%)

13 (7.1%)

5 (6.6%)

Able to pay for things needed in life

 With great difficulty

70 (9.8%)

17 (8.8%)

12 (11.4%)

14 (9.2%)

15 (8.2%)

12 (15.8%)

 With some difficulty

347 (48.8%)

83 (42.8%)

55 (52.4%)

68 (44.7%)

100 (54.3%)

41 (53.9%)

 Quite easily

257 (36.1%)

80 (41.2%)

28 (26.7%)

67 (44.1%)

62 (33.7%)

20 (26.3%)

 Easily

37 (5.2%)

14 (7.2%)

10 (9.5%)

3 (2.0%)

7 (3.8%)

3 (3.9%)