Table 1 Characteristics of the study population.

From: Implementation of safe infant sleep recommendations during night-time sleep in the first year of life in a German birth cohort

 

Study participants (n = 1,400)

Dispersion

Number

Percentage

Value

Mothers

Age (years) (Mean ± SD)

  

32.6

(4.1)

Migration background N (%)

113

8

  

Professional qualification

Lowa N (%)

93

7

  

Mediumb N (%)

597

43

  

Highc N (%)

681

49

  

Employment before delivery

Not regularly employed N (%)

33

2

  

Marginally employed N (%)

33

2

  

Part-time employed N (%)

331

24

  

Full-time employed N (%)

852

61

  

Single parent N (%)

18

1

  

Living space* (m2) (median, IQR)

  

120

(90–160)

Household size (number of persons) (median, IQR)

  

3

(3–4)

Infant

Birth order

  First child N (%)

892

64

  

  Second child N (%)

393

28

  

  Third child or higher N (%)

107

8

  

Gestational age at birth (weeks, Mean ± SD)

  

39,3

(1,6)

  1. aSecondary/elementary education. bIntermediate education. cUniversity entrance level/tertiary education.
  2. *Total living space in the household.