Table 2 Frequency and percents of the first, second, and third most important person “…who influences your decisions about your child in a good, or a bad, way”
Most important | Second most important | Third most important& | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Spouse or partner | 155 | 50.5 | 63 | 20.5 | 12 | 4.7 |
Mother | 85 | 27.7 | 66 | 21.5 | 25 | 9.9 |
Mother-in-law | 1 | .3 | 10 | 3.3 | 20 | 7.9 |
Father | 17 | 5.5 | 28 | 9.1 | 18 | 7.1 |
Father-in-law | - | 0.0 | 1 | .3 | 1 | .4 |
Caregiver/Babysitter/Nanny | 4 | 1.3 | 12 | 3.9 | 9 | 3.6 |
Grandmother | 15 | 4.9 | 13 | 4.2 | 16 | 6.3 |
Grandfather | 4 | 1.3 | 5 | 1.6 | 4 | 1.6 |
Sister/Brother | 8 | 2.6 | 15 | 4.9 | 19 | 7.5 |
Sister-in-law/Brother-in-law | - | 0.0 | 1 | .3 | 6 | 2.4 |
Close friend | 10 | 3.3 | 24 | 7.8 | 17 | 6.7 |
Teacher | 8 | 2.6 | 15 | 4.9 | 13 | 5.1 |
No other person | - | 0.0 | 54 | 17.6 | 93 | 36.8 |