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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population by highest parental education in the household

From: Socioeconomic position and prediagnostic health care contacts in children with cancer in Denmark: a nationwide register study

Characteristics

Highest parental education in the householda

Total

Short

Medium

Long

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

No. of patients (1998–2016)

354 (100)

1316 (100)

1373 (100)

3043 (100)

Age at diagnosis (years)

 0

41 (12)

132 (10)

131 (10)

304 (10)

 1-4

123 (35)

417 (32)

534 (39)

1074 (35)

 5-10

113 (32)

390 (30)

394 (29)

897 (29)

 11-15

77 (22)

377 (29)

314 (23)

768 (25)

Sex

 Female

151 (43)

599 (46)

672 (49)

1422 (47)

 Male

203 (57)

717 (54)

701 (51)

1621 (53)

Period of diagnosis

 1998–2001

81 (23)

350 (27)

245 (18)

676 (22)

 2002–2006

98 (28)

368 (28)

332 (24)

798 (26)

 2007–2011

90 (25)

326 (25)

387 (28)

803 (26)

 2012–2016

85 (24)

272 (21)

409 (30)

766 (25)

Diagnostic group

 Leukemia

103 (29)

382 (29)

420 (31)

905 (30)

 Lymphoma

43 (12)

135 (10)

136 (10)

314 (10)

 CNS tumors

88 (25)

362 (28)

355 (26)

805 (26)

 Bone tumors and soft tissue sarcomas

39 (11)

139 (11)

143 (10)

321 (11)

 Other non-CNS solid tumors

81 (23)

298 (23)

319 (23)

698 (23)

Age of mother at time of diagnosis

  ≤ 25

59 (17)

70 (5)

12 (1)

141 (5)

 26–30

75 (21)

204 (16)

157 (11)

436 (14)

 31–35

93 (26)

340 (26)

387 (28)

820 (27)

 36–40

70 (20)

356 (27)

428 (31)

854 (28)

  ≥ 41

46 (13)

325 (25)

372 (27)

743 (24)

 Household without mother

11 (3)

21 (2)

17 (1)

49 (2)

Age of father at time of diagnosis

  ≤ 30

51 (14)

172 (13)

90 (7)

313 (10)

 31–35

45 (13)

250 (19)

300 (22)

595 (20)

 36–40

48 (14)

282 (21)

378 (28)

708 (23)

  ≥ 41

60 (17)

437 (33)

516 (38)

1013 (33)

 Household without father

150 (42)

175 (13)

89 (6)

414 (14)

Household cohabitation status

 Living as a couple (with unknown relation)

193 (55)

1120 (85)

1267 (92)

2580 (85)

 Living alone (single parent)

161 (45)

196 (15)

106 (8)

463 (15)

Highest parental income in householdb

 Fifth quintile

70 (20)

275 (21)

579 (42)

924 (30)

 Fourth quintile

56 (16)

365 (28)

440 (32)

861 (28)

 Third quintile

79 (22)

357 (27)

221 (16)

657 (22)

 Second quintile

98 (28)

231 (18)

103 (8)

432 (14)

 First quintile

51 (14)

88 (7)

30 (2)

169 (6)

Household affiliation to work marketc

 At work

133 (38)

947 (72)

1162 (85)

2242 (74)

 Mixed

74 (21)

266 (20)

164 (12)

504 (17)

 Unemployed/not in work force

147 (42)

103 (8)

47 (3)

297 (10)

Country of origin for household parent(s)d

 Denmark

243 (68)

1131 (86)

1213 (88)

2586 (85)

 Western countries

9 (3)

14 (1)

20 (1)

43 (1)

 Non-Western countries

93 (26)

133 (10)

69 (5)

295 (10)

 Mixed

10 (3)

38 (3)

71 (5)

119 (4)

Number of children in household

 1

94 (27)

326 (25)

291 (21)

711 (23)

 2

145 (41)

625 (47)

708 (52)

1478 (49)

 ≥ 3

115 (32)

365 (28)

374 (27)

854 (28)

Depression in household parent(s)

 No

288 (81)

1132 (86)

1248 (91)

2668 (88)

 Yes

66 (19)

184 (14)

125 (9)

375 (12)

Somatic or major psychiatric disease in household parent(s)

 None

310 (88)

1182 (90)

1247 (91)

2739 (90)

 One or more

44 (12)

134 (10)

126 (9)

304 (10)

  1. aHighest parental education in the household categorized into short (< 10 years, primary and lower secondary education), medium (10–12 years, upper secondary and vocational education) and higher education (≥3 years, higher education)
  2. bHighest parental income in household categorized into quintiles with first quintile as the lowest (< 20%). This is based on the highest annual disposable parental income in household based on the income quintile of the entire Danish population by birth cohort, calendar year and sex
  3. cHousehold affiliation to work market categorized into at work, unemployed/not in work force and mixed (one household parent at work and one unemployed/not in work force)
  4. dCountry of origin of household parents categorized into Denmark, Western country, Non-western country and mixed (household parents belong to different country categories)