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Table 1 Sample characteristics

From: Parenting styles and health in mid- and late life: evidence from the China health and retirement longitudinal study

 

Mean (SD)/N(%)

Demographic characteristics

All

(N = 12,493)

Male

(N = 6114)

Female

(N = 6379)

Age

57.70 (9.25)

58.73 (9.11)

56.68 (9.26)

Residence

 Urban

4959 (39.69)

2355 (38.52)

2604 (40.82)

 Rural

7534 (60.31)

3759 (61.48)

3775 (59.18)

Marital status

 married/partnered

11,460 (91.73)

5689 (93.05)

5771 (90.47)

 separated/divorced/widowed

957 (7.66)

355 (5.81)

602 (9.44)

 single

76 (0.61)

70 (1.15)

6 (0.09)

Parenting styles

 Authoritative

2237 (17.91)

1161 (18.99)

1076 (16.87)

 Authoritarian

1486 (11.89)

797 (13.04)

689 (10.80)

 Indulgent

4125 (33.02)

1883 (30.08)

2242 (35.15)

 Uninvolved

4645 (37.18)

2273 (37.18)

2372 (37.18)

Maternal Affection (1–4.34)

3.48 (0.76)

3.49 (0.75)

3.47 (0.77)

Paternal Affection (1–5)

3.73 (1.11)

3.68 (1.11)

3.78 (1.09)

Maternal discipline (1–4)

2.71 (1.07)

2.76 (1.04)

2.67 (1.11)

Paternal discipline (1–4)

2.70 (1.10)

2.79 (0.97)

2.61 (1.02)

Parental illiteracy

 Both parents were literate

6564 (52.54)

3245 (53.07)

3319 (52.03)

 One of parents was illiterate

5929 (47.46)

2869 (46.93)

3060 (47.97)

Self-rated health (1–5)

2.24 (0.95)

2.32 (0.95)

2.17 (0.93)

Global cognitive function (0–21)

11.58 (3.86)

12.19 (3.47)

10.99 (4.13)

CES-D-10 score (0–30)

7.70 (6.08)

6.80 (5.56)

8.56 (6.41)

  1. SD Standard deviation, CES-D-10 10-item Centre for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale