Table 2 UK Data- BHPS and USS data availability.

From: Parents’ life satisfaction prior to and following preterm birth

 

Fathers

Mothers

Term Born

(N = 4096)

MLP/LBW

(N = 441)

VP/VLBW

(N = 78)

Term Born

(N = 5665)

MLP/LBW

(N = 627)

VP/VLBW

(N = 105)

Baseline Life Satisfaction Z Score (2 years before birth)

 Mean (SD)

0.011 (0.99)

−0.0597 (1.01)

−0.178 (1.24)

0.013 (0.99)

−0.083 (1.08)

−0.074 (0.79)

 N within specific timeframe

1872 (46%)

226 (51%)

41 (53%)

2674 (47%)

354 (56%)

53 (50%)

Time from Assessment to Birth (months)

 1st Assessment (Mean (SD))

−22.6 (4.92)

−22.7 (5.41)

−22.3 (5.24)

−22.8(5.03)

−22.7(4.94)

−23.2(4.91)

 2nd Assessment (Mean (SD))

−5.64 (3.46)

−5.54 (3.45)

−5.43 (3.53)

−5.70 (3.44)

−5.58 (3.46)

−5.87 (3.56)

 3rd Assessment (Mean (SD))

6.11 (3.48)

6.08 (3.35)

6.41 (3.46)

6.05 (3.49)

6.14 (3.40)

6.50 (3.43)

 4th Assessment (Mean (SD))

23.4 (4.81)

23.4 (4.75)

23.8 (5.09)

23.3 (4.76)

23.1 (4.71)

23.2 (4.09)

Participants’ number of eligible life satisfaction assessments

 1

988 (24.1%)

103 (23.4%)

21 (26.9%)

1222 (21.6%)

124 (19.8%)

24 (22.9%)

 2

948 (23.1%)

95 (21.5%)

14 (17.9%)

1252 (22.1%)

123 (19.6%)

15 (14.3%)

 3

1071 (26.1%)

122 (27.7%)

19 (24.4%)

1627 (28.7%)

178 (28.4%)

33 (31.4%)

 4

1089 (26.6%)

121 (27.4%)

24 (30.8%)

1564 (27.6%)

202 (32.2%)

33 (31.4%)

  1. BHPS British Household Panel Stud, USS Understanding Society Study, MLP/LBW moderately/late preterm or low birthweight, VP/VLBW very preterm/very low birthweight.