Journal of Population Sciences
Table 1 Descriptive statistics by type of family structure
Two-parent (N = 2044) | Single-parent (N = 235) | % missing values | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean; N | SD; % | Mean; N | SD; % | ||
Proportion of unexcused absences from school | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.11 | 6.51 |
Sex | 0.00 | ||||
Boy | 1063 | 51.10 | 120 | 49.93 | |
Girl | 981 | 48.90 | 115 | 50.07 | |
Adolescent’s nationality | 0.00 | ||||
Spanish | 1978 | 97.11 | 223 | 95.39 | |
Other nationalities | 66 | 2.89 | 12 | 4.61 | |
Presence of siblings in the household | 16.27 | ||||
Yes | 1858 | 90.70 | 189 | 80.44 | |
No | 186 | 9.30 | 46 | 19.56 | |
Age of reference person | 0.00 | ||||
< 40 | 200 | 9.50 | 42 | 17.38 | |
40–49 | 1363 | 66.85 | 146 | 63.48 | |
≥ 50 | 481 | 23.66 | 47 | 19.14 | |
Highest level of parental education | 0.04 | ||||
Lower secondary education or below | 1063 | 51.20 | 125 | 53.67 | |
Upper secondary | 605 | 29.29 | 64 | 27.42 | |
University | 376 | 19.52 | 46 | 18.91 | |
Net monthly household income | 7.70 | ||||
≤ 1000 € | 531 | 25.51 | 142 | 61.34 | |
1001–1800 € | 788 | 38.19 | 67 | 27.57 | |
1801–2700 € | 483 | 23.68 | 18 | 7.85 | |
> 2700 € | 242 | 12.61 | 8 | 3.24 | |
Employment status of reference person | 0.00 | ||||
Working full time | 1572 | 76.53 | 114 | 46.73 | |
Working part-time | 92 | 4.57 | 32 | 13.88 | |
Unemployed | 250 | 12.03 | 61 | 27.01 | |
Inactive | 130 | 6.87 | 28 | 12.38 | |
Housing tenure | 0.00 | ||||
Owned | 1755 | 86.01 | 155 | 65.29 | |
Rented, leased, or free of charge | 289 | 13.90 | 80 | 34.71 | |
Relationship with mother | 0.46 | ||||
Good/very good | 1979 | 96.89 | 212 | 89.76 | |
Fair/poor/very poor | 65 | 3.11 | 23 | 10.24 | |
Relationship with father | 3.74 | ||||
Good/very good | 1922 | 94.25 | 141 | 57.55 | |
Fair/poor/very poor | 122 | 5.75 | 94 | 42.45 | |
Mother’s concern about homework | 0.88 | ||||
A lot/quite a lot | 1589 | 77.68 | 179 | 75.41 | |
A little/none | 455 | 22.32 | 56 | 24.59 | |
Mother’s concern about grades | 0.75 | ||||
A lot/quite a lot | 1891 | 92.54 | 195 | 82.79 | |
A little/none | 153 | 7.46 | 40 | 17.21 | |
Father’s concern about homework | 7.73 | ||||
A lot/quite a lot | 1136 | 55.54 | 108 | 44.82 | |
A little/none | 908 | 44.46 | 127 | 55.18 | |
Father’s concern about grades | 7.52 | ||||
A lot/quite a lot | 1680 | 82.34 | 133 | 55.00 | |
A little/none | 364 | 17.66 | 102 | 45.00 | |
Student–teacher relationship | 0.01 | 0.97 | − 0.12 | 1.14 | 0.00 |
Atmosphere amongst students | 0.03 | 0.94 | − 0.19 | 1.22 | 0.00 |
School violence | 2.85 | ||||
Yes | 1095 | 52.54 | 125 | 52.89 | |
Yes, against me | 25 | 1.12 | 6 | 2.92 | |
No | 924 | 46.35 | 104 | 44.19 | |
Ownership of school | 0.00 | ||||
Public | 1620 | 78.20 | 190 | 79.85 | |
Private or subsidised | 424 | 21.80 | 45 | 20.15 | |