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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants (N = 1662)

From: Effect of mothers‘ health literacy on early childhood allergy prevention behaviours: results from the KUNO-Kids health study

Characteristic

N

N (%)

Mean (SD)

Sociodemographic characteristics

 Age (years)

1647

32.61 (4.10)

 Marital status

1629

  Married, living together with husband

1333 (81.83%)

  Unmarried, living together with partner

271 (16.64%)

  Living without partner/ divorced/ widowed

25 (1.53%)

 Maternal education

1626

  No degree or less than 10years of schooling

107 (6.58%)

  Ten years of schooling

494 (30.38%)

  University entrance level

1025 (63.04%)

 Maternal employment before pregnancy

1627

1481 (91.03%)

Exposure variable

 HL (0–50)

1560

35.83 (7.42)

Confounding and moderating variables

 Allergy risk status

1499

848 (56.57%)

 EBI parental competence scale (4–20)

1489

7.76 (3.72)

 EBI parental bond scale (4–20)

1483

8.55 (3.38)

 PHQ-D depression scale

1432

  No depression

878 (61.31%)

  Mild depression

434 (30.31%)

  Major depression

120 (8.38%)

 No anxiety (PHQ-D anxiety scale)

1472

1443 (98.03%)

 Migration background (country of birth Germany)

1631

1482 (90.86%)

 Subjective social status (0–10)

1473

6.75 (1.25)

 P貹dzܲ

1644

1048 (63.75%)

  1. SD Standard deviation, HL Health literacy score (0–50), EBI “Eltern-Belastungs-Inventar” (parenting stress index), PHQ-D Patient Health Questionnaire