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Table 1 Distribution of parental couples, and of outpatient mental care for anxiety and depression (2001-01-01-2006-12-31), and prescription of anxiety drugs and anti- depressants (2005-07-01-2008-07-31) among children, between categories of gender (in)equality; by sex and in total; p-value chi-square test

From: Could gender equality in parental leave harm off-springs' mental health? a registry study of the Swedish parental/child cohort of 1988/89

Mental ill-health: Gender (in)equality:

Distribution of parental couples

Outpatient mental care Anxiety

Outpatient mental care Depression

Anxiety drugs

Anti-depressants

Boys:

     

Very traditional

47 506 (87.5%)

0.9%

0.7%

3.6%

3.1%

Rather traditional

4 483 (8.3%)

0.9%

0.7%

3.5%

3.1%

Very untraditional

1 317 (2.4%)

1.3%

1.1%

3.6%

3.3%

Equal

420 (0.8%)

1.4%

1.4%

4.3%

2.9%

Rather untraditional

556 (1.0%)

0.7%

1.1%

3.4%

2.3%

Total

54 282

516 (1.0%)

370 (0.7%)

1 940 (3.6%)

1 682 (3.1%)

p-value chi-square test distributions

 

0.536

0.052

0.948

0.840

Girls:

     

Very traditional

45 106 (87.6%)

2.2%

1.8%

6.6%

6.7%

Rather traditional

4 212 (8.2%)

2.2%

1.9%

6.4%

7.0%

Equal

1 234 (2.4%)

1.5%

2.1%

8.7%

7.7%

Rather untraditional

415 (0.8%)

1.9%

1.0%

5.1%

5.8%

Very untraditional

537 (1.0%)

2.4%

2.2%

6.1%

7.3%

Total

51 504

1 106 (2.1%)

920 (1.8%)

3 402 (6.6%)

3 462 (6.7%)

p-value chi-square test distributions

 

0.529

0.506

0.031

0.504

Both:

     

Very traditional

92 612 (87.5%)

1.5%

1.2%

5.0%

4.8%

Rather traditional

8 695 (8.2%)

1.5%

1.3%

4.9%

5.0%

Equal

2 551 (2.4%)

1.4%

1.6%

6.0%

5.4%

Rather untraditional

835 (0.8%)

1.7%

1.2%

4.7%

4.3%

Very untraditional

1 093 (1.0%)

1.6%

1.6%

4.8%

4.8%

Total

105 786

1 622 (1.6%)

1 290 (1.2%)

5 342 (5.0%)

5 144 (4.9%)

p-value chi-square test distributions

 

0.967

0.235

0.200

0.599