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Table 1 Characteristics of the sample (N = 309) at baseline (2019) and 2 years follow-up (2021), including 252 women and 57 men with valid responses at both times

From: Health-related quality of life in parents of adolescents one year into the COVID-19 pandemic: a two-year longitudinal study

Demographic

All

N = 309

 

p-value

Mothers

N = 252

(82%)

 

p-value

Fathers

N = 57

(18%)

 

p-value

T1 (2019)

T2 (2021)

 

T1 (2019)

T2 (2021)

 

T1 (2019)

T2 (2021)

 

Age, years mean (SD)

45.6 (4.6)

  

45.3 (4.5)

  

47.1 (4.8)

  

Living situation

 Married/cohabitating

249 (81%)

244 (79%)

0.351

204 (81%)

201 (80%)

0.532

45 (79%)

42 (75%)

0.223

 Single

17 (5%)

17 (5%)

 

16 (6%)

16 (6%)

 

2 (3%)

1 (2%)

 

 Divorced or separated

41 (13%)

45 (15%)

 

32 (12.7%)

33 (13%)

 

9 (16%)

12 (21%)

 

 Widowed

2 (1%)

3 (1%)

 

1 (0.4%)

2 (1%)

 

1 (2%)

1 (2%)

 

Education

  

0.443

  

0.611

  

n.a

 Compulsory education

0

0

       

 Post-compulsory 1–3 years

6 (2%)

8 (3%)

 

5 (2%)

8 (3%)

 

1 (1.5%)

  

 Post-compulsory 3 years

22 (7%)

22 (7%)

 

21 (8%)

19 (8%)

  

3 (5%)

 

 Certificate of apprenticeship

30 (10%)

30 (10%)

 

26 (10%)

25 (10%)

 

4 (7%)

5 (9%)

 

 University < 4 years

75 (24%)

69 (22%)

 

57 (23%)

55 (22%)

 

18 (32%)

14 (25%)

 

 University ≥ 4 years

176 (57%)

180 (58%)

 

143 (57%)

145 (57%)

 

33 (58%)

36 (61%)

 

Employment status

  

0.137

  

0.163

  

0.311

 Full-time

233 (75%)

241 (78%)

 

181 (72%)

186 (74%)

 

52 (91%)

55 (96%)

 

 Part-time

52 (17%)

41 (13%)

 

49 (19%)

40 (16%)

 

3 (5%)

1 (2%)

 

 Not working

24 (8%)

27 (9%)

 

22 (9%)

26 (10%)

 

2 (4%)

1 (2%)

 

Absence from work in last 3 months

  

0.087

  

0.178

  

n.a

 None

203 (66%)

231 (75%)

 

162 (65%)

180 (71%)

 

41 (72%)

51 (89%)

 

 1–4 days

69 (22%)

40 (13%)

 

58 (23%)

35 (14%)

 

11 (19%)

5 (9%)

 

 5–7 days

9 (3%)

10 (3%)

 

6 (2%)

10 (4%)

 

3 (5%)

0

 

 8–10 days

3 (1%)

3 (1%)

 

3 (1%)

3 (1%)

 

2 (4%)

1 (2%)

 

 More than 10 days

26 (8%)

25 (8%)

 

23 (9%)

24 (10%)

 

0

1

 

Household income (NOK)

  

0.167

  

0.215

  

0.675

  < 250,000

1

2 (1%)

 

1

2 (1%)

 

0

0

 

 250,000–450,000

20 (7%)

17 (5%)

 

18 (7%)

16 (6%)

 

2 (4%)

1 (2%)

 

 451,000–750,000

52 (17%)

48 816%)

 

45 818%)

41 (16%)

 

7 (12%)

7 (12%)

 

 751,000–1,000,000

72 (23%)

60 (19%)

 

68 (27%)

57 (23%)

 

4 (7%)

3 (5%)

 

  > 1,000,000

164 (53%)

182 (59%9

 

120 (48%)

136 (54%)

 

44 (77%)

46 (81%)

 
  1. Categorical data are presented as number (%) and continuous variables as mean (SD). McNemar tests were used to compare differences in categorical variables and paired-sample t tests for continuous data