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Table 2 Sample characteristics in households with children by adult SUD status: number of adults in household, age of respondent, family status of respondent; number of children in household and relationship with adult

From: Estimating the number of children in households with substance use disorders in Germany

 

Non-SUD

SUD

Tobacco

Alcohol

Illicit drugsc

 

n = 2448

n = 507

n = 318

n = 238

n = 31

Adults

 N in household (Mean, SEa)

2.2

0.02

2.2

0.04

2.2

0.05

2.3*

0.05

2.4

0.16

 Age (Mean, SE)

41.1

0.17

38.2**

0.47

39.0*

0.57

35.9**

0.84

30.4**

3.44

Family status (n, %b)

  

****

 

****

 

****

 

***

 

 Not married

590

24.2

230

49.4

121

38.3

141

59.7

23

76.7

 Married/partnership

1,770

72.5

249

49.4

174

38.3

90

38.1

6

20.0

 Divorced/widowed

83

3.4

25

5.0

21

6.6

5

2.1

1

3.3

 Missing

5

 

3

 

2

 

2

 

1

 
 

n = 4024

n = 789

n = 509

n = 348

n = 44

Children

 Age (Mean, SE)

9.7

0.11

9.8

0.26

9.7

0.32

9.9

0.49

7.5*

1.01

 N in household (Mean, SE)

1.7

0.02

1.6

0.05

1.6

0.06

1.5*

0.07

1.7

0.19

 Living with one adult (n, %)

121

6.1

38

7.5

32

10.1

9

5.0

2

6.5

Relationship with adult (n, %)

  

****

   

****

   

 Biological parent

3,384

85.0

529

68.1

381

76.8

183

52.6

18

41.9

 Step/adoptive/foster parent

75

1.9

21

2.7

16

3.2

8

2.3

–

–

 Brother/sister/ nephew/niece

485

12.2

212

27.3

92

18.5

148

42.5

25

58.1

 Other

35

0.9

15

1.9

7

1.4

9

2.6

–

–

 Missing

45

 

12

 

13

   

1

 
  1. aStandard error
  2. b% of valid cases
  3. cCannabis, cocaine or amphetamine
  4. *adjusted Wald test with non-SUD, p ≤ 0.05; **adjusted Wald test with non-SUD, p ≤ 0.01; ***Chi2 test with non-SUD, p ≤ 0.05; ****Chi2 test with non-SUD, p ≤ 0.01