Table 1 Family demographic and health characteristics
Characteristics | n = 1822 (%) |
|---|---|
Mother’s age (years) | |
17–19 | 20 (1.1) |
20–24 | 247 (13.6) |
25–34 | 1152 (63.2) |
35–51 | 403 (22.1) |
Mother’s nationality | |
Emirati | 596 (32.7) |
Non Emirati-Arab | 611 (33.5) |
Non Emirati-Non Arab | 615 (33.8) |
Marital status | |
Married | 1787 (98.1) |
Unmarried | 35 (1.9) |
Mother’s educationa | |
Below high school | 80 (4.4) |
High school | 339 (18.8) |
University | 1382 (76.7) |
Father’s educationb | |
Below high school | 39 (2.1) |
High school | 205 (11.3) |
University | 1570 (86.5) |
Mother’s employment status | |
Employed | 722 (39.6) |
Not employed | 1100 (60.4) |
Family financial wellbeing | |
Excellent/Very good | 1211 (66.5) |
Good | 487 (26.7) |
Fair | 106 (5.8) |
Poor/Very poor | 18 (1.0) |