Table 2 Characteristics (demographic) for the adolescents and parents in the study sample

Age (mean (SD))

14.3 (0.6)

13.9 (0.3)

Gender

Boys (%)

47.7

40.7

Girls (%)

52.3

59.3

Live together with

Mother and father (%)

68.7

71.7

Only/mostly with mother (%)

13.0

17.0

Only/mostly with father (%)

2.7

1.9

Equal time with mother/father (%)

10.0

9.7

Mother and her new partner (%)

4.1

0

Father and his new partner (%)

0.9

0

Other adults (%)

0.5

0

Ethnicity*

Norwegian (%)

90.9

88.7

Other ethnicity (%)

9.1

11.3

Parental educational level

< 12 years (%)

33.8

9.3

13-16 years (%)

39.3

37.0

> 16 years (%)

26.9

53.7

Mothers

Fathers

Parents

n ^† =242

n ^† =155

n#=44

Age (mean (SD))

44.2 (4.5)

45.8 (5.5)

46.2 (4.4)

Gender of child

Boys (%)

49.2

56.8

40.9

Girls (%)

50.8

43.2

59.1

Ethnicity

Born in Norway (%)

90.0

87.1

84.1

Born in other country (%)

10.0

12.9

15.9

Live together with the child (%)

The whole time

87.5

89.7

93.2

More than 50% of the time

7.5

2.6

2.3

Half the time (50% of the time)

4.6

5.2

4.5

Less than 50% of the time

0.4

1.9

0

Seldom

0

0.6

0

Live together with the child’s mother/father

Yes (%)

75.2

88.3

83.7

Live alone (%)

15.3

5.8

14.0

Live with adult who is not child’s parent (%)

9.5

5.8

2.3

Employment status

Working full-time (%)

68.5

94.2

77.3

Working part-time (%)

22.4

1.9

13.6

Not working for pay (%)

9.1

3.9

9.1