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Table 1 Participants’ characteristics

From: Factors associated with mental health of young children during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands

N = 2762

Children

Caregivers

Sex

 Female

1343 (48.6%)

2648 (95.9%)

 Male

1408 (51.0%)

109 (3.9%)

 Other/prefer not to say

11 (0.4%)

5 (0.2%)

Age in months (child) or years (caregiver)

 Mean (SD)

43.29 (16.25)

34.66 (4.09)

 Range

11–72

22–50

Relationship statusa

 Together

–

1875 (67.9%)

 Single

–

67 (2.4%)

Educational levelb

 Low

–

5 (0.2%)

 Medium

–

463 (16.8%)

 High

–

1473 (53.3%)

Country of birthc

 The Netherlands

2740 (99.2%)

1888 (68.4%)

 Other

22 (0.8%)

59 (2.1%)

Relationship

 Biological caregiver

–

2738 (99.1%)

 Other

–

20 (0.9%)

Previous health problems

 No

2526 (91.5%)

1453 (52.6%)

 Yesd

224 (8.1%)

485 (17.6%)

At high risk due to chronical condition,

 Yes (%)e

32 (1.2%)

333 (12.1%)

 Essential jobf

–

1420 (51.5%)

  1. aTogether indicated being married, registered partnership, in a relationship. Alone referred to single, divorced, widow. Information of 820 participants was missing (29.7%)
  2. bEducational level is divided into low referring to only primary school; medium referring to high school and secondary vocational education; and high referring to university or university of applied sciences. Information was missing for 821 participants (29.7%)
  3. cInformation regarding country of birth from the caregivers was missing for 815 caregivers (29.5%), but for none of the children
  4. dProblems in children consisted of emotional or psychological problems, developmental disorders, sleeping-, eating- or crying problems, caregiver-child relationship difficulties, sensory processing problems, physical handicaps, chronic health issues, other issues that the caregiver considered as previous health condition. For 12 participants, data were missing. Problems in adults consisted of emotional problems such as burn-out symptoms, fatigue, (post-natal) depression, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder, post-traumatic stress symptoms, substance use problems. Information was missing for 824 adults (29.8%)
  5. ePercentage of children and caregivers with a chronic condition making them at high risk for negative outcomes after a COVID-19 infection
  6. fCaregivers with an essential or ‘frontline’ occupation, such as jobs in health care, transport, education, day care. Data of 826 caregivers were missing (29.9%)
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Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health

ISSN: 1753-2000