Table 1 Characteristics of the study population (values are % yes or means ± SDs unless otherwise indicated, n = 974). The EDEN mother-child cohort
Value | |
|---|---|
Child characteristics | |
Male gender | 53.4 |
Premature birth (<37 weeks of amenorrhea) | 5.8 |
Birth weight, ga | 3295 ± 505 |
Paternal characteristics | |
Age at delivery, y | |
≤24 | 5.5 |
25–29 | 24.0 |
30–34 | 41.2 |
≥35 | 29.3 |
Education | |
< high-school | 28.0 |
High school diploma | 20.9 |
2-year university degree | 22.4 |
≥3-year university degree | 28.6 |
Current occupationb | |
Not in the labour force | 4.6 |
Manual worker, shop or service worker | 28.3 |
Employee, farmer, craftsman or shop keeper | 18.6 |
Intermediate occupation | 29.6 |
Managerial, professional or intellectual occupation | 18.9 |
Maternal characteristics | |
Age at delivery, y | |
≤24 | 9.8 |
25–29 | 35.6 |
30–34 | 37.3 |
≥35 | 17.4 |
Education | |
< high-school | 20.5 |
High school diploma | 17.4 |
2-year university degree | 24.1 |
≥3-year university degree | 38.0 |
Current or past occupationb | |
Not in the labour force | 3.5 |
Manual worker, shop or service worker | 16.3 |
Clerical or administrative employee, farmer, craftswoman or shop keeper | 25.3 |
Intermediate occupation | 41.9 |
Managerial, professional or intellectual occupation | 13.0 |
Working timeb | |
Does not work | 28.4 |
Works part time | 30.0 |
Works full time | 41.6 |
Unemployed or studentb | 5.7 |
Single status of the motherb | 2.3 |
Household characteristics | |
Monthly household incomeb, € | |
≤1500 | 7.6 |
1501–2300 | 23.9 |
2301–3000 | 29.5 |
3001–3800 | 21.4 |
3801–4500 | 9.8 |
≥4501 | 7.9 |
Hardship over the past year to purchase foods for the familyb,c | 6.6 |
Hardship over the past year to purchase clothes for the familyb,c | 8.0 |
Hardship over the past year to pay accommodation related billsb,c | 9.7 |
Hardship over the past year to access medicalcare/drugsb,c | 1.3 |
Bank overdraft frequency over the past yearb | |
Never or occasionally | 75.1 |
Several times or often | 24.9 |
Being eligible for French social welfare health insuranceb,d | 3.9 |
Subscription to a private supplementary health insuranceb | 97.1 |
Child social environment | |
Older siblings at homeb | 21.1 |
Child-care arrangementsb | |
Crèche or pre-school | 21.8 |
At nanny’s home | 45.9 |
At home, but not cared for by mother | 10.1 |
At home, cared for by mother | 22.3 |