Growing Up in Scotland: father-child relationships and child socio-emotional wellbeing
Research report providing insight into the nature of father-child relationships in Scotland.
Chapter 9: Appendix
This appendix provides further details of families in the complete analysis sample, and for the sample divided into families with both biological parents, and families with a resident non- biological father figure.
Table 9-1 Characteristics of the analysis sample of couple families
| Couple family when children were age 10 (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family containing both biological parents | Family containing biological mother and non-biological father | All | ||
| Child gender | Male | 49.7 | 50.3 | 49.8 |
| Female | 50.3 | 49.7 | 50.2 | |
| Mother's age (years) | 20-29 | 3.2 | 18.1 | 4.7 |
| 30-39 | 35.9 | 64.9 | 38.9 | |
| 40+ | 60.9 | 17.0 | 56.4 | |
| Partner's age (years) | 20-29 | 1.0 | 13.7 | 2.3 |
| 30-39 | 27.2 | 51.6 | 29.7 | |
| 40+ | 71.8 | 24.7 | 68.0 | |
| Ethnic minority (one or both parents) | No | 96.6 | 99.3 | 96.8 |
| Yes | 3.4 | 0.7 | 3.2 | |
| Mother's education | Lower level Standard grades / none | 11.3 | 18.3 | 12.1 |
| Upper level Standard grades | 19.6 | 30.1 | 20.7 | |
| Highers | 32.5 | 30.7 | 32.3 | |
| Degree-level | 36.5 | 20.9 | 34.9 | |
| Couple family when children were age 10 (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family containing both biological parents | Family containing biological mother and non-biological father | All | ||
| Partner's 1 education | Lower level Standard grades / none | 16.4 | 24.9 | 17.1 |
| Upper level Standard grades | 24.1 | 35.8 | 25.1 | |
| Highers | 28.3 | 22.8 | 27.8 | |
| Degree-level | 31.3 | 16.5 | 30.0 | |
| Mother's occupational class | Professional/ managerial | 39.8 | 25.7 | 38.3 |
| Intermediate occupations | 19.9 | 12.8 | 19.1 | |
| Small employers/ own account workers | 8.1 | 5.0 | 7.8 | |
| Lower supervisory/ technical | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.3 | |
| Semi routine/ routine | 26.3 | 42.8 | 28.0 | |
| Never worked | 1.6 | 9.9 | 2.5 | |
| Partner's 1 occupational class | Professional/ managerial | 44.3 | 23.5 | 42.3 |
| Intermediate occupations | 5.7 | 9.7 | 6.1 | |
| Small employers/ own account workers | 14.1 | 11.8 | 13.8 | |
| Lower supervisory/ technical | 13.4 | 20.7 | 14.1 | |
| Semi routine/ routine | 21.4 | 31.3 | 22.4 | |
| Never worked | 1.1 | 3.1 | 1.3 | |
| Couple family when children were age 10 (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family containing both biological parents | Family containing biological mother and non- biological father | All | ||
| Mother's working hours per week | 0-20 hours | 35.6 | 36.1 | 35.6 |
| 21-40 hours | 56.9 | 54.4 | 56.7 | |
| 41-48 hours | 3.4 | 6.4 | 3.7 | |
| 49-59 hours | 2.2 | 1.1 | 2.1 | |
| 60+ hours | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.9 | |
| Partner's 1 working hours per week | 0-20 hours | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
| 21-40 hours | 56.4 | 63.0 | 57.1 | |
| 41-48 hours | 16.4 | 12.2 | 16.0 | |
| 49-59 hours | 13.2 | 11.2 | 13.0 | |
| 60+ hours | 10.2 | 10.0 | 10.1 | |
| Number of children in household | One | 19.0 | 18.0 | 18.9 |
| Two or three | 73.7 | 67.4 | 73.1 | |
| Four or more | 7.3 | 14.6 | 8.0 | |
| Household employment | At least one parent/carer in full-time employment | 86.6 | 78.3 | 85.8 |
| At least one parent/carer in part-time employment | 9.6 | 13.5 | 10.0 | |
| No parent/carer working | 3.8 | 8.2 | 4.2 | |
| Couple family when children were age 10 (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family containing both biological parents | Family containing biological mother and non- biological father | All | ||
| Household income quintile | Bottom Quintile (<£13,450) |
14.8 | 42.1 | 17.5 |
| Middle three Quintiles (>=£13,451 <£39,216) |
63.5 | 54.5 | 62.6 | |
| Top Quintile (>=£39,216) |
21.7 | 3.4 | 19.8 | |
| Area deprivation ( SIMD 2) quintile | q1 Least deprived | 24.8 | 10.5 | 23.3 |
| q2 | 23.6 | 13.6 | 22.6 | |
| q3 | 20.1 | 22.1 | 20.3 | |
| q4 | 16.0 | 23.7 | 16.7 | |
| q5 Most deprived | 15.6 | 30.1 | 17.1 | |
| Urban-rural location 3 | Large urban | 35.9 | 36.4 | 36.0 |
| Other urban | 31.7 | 34.3 | 31.9 | |
| Small towns, accessible | 10.1 | 6.6 | 9.8 | |
| Small towns, remote | 2.6 | 7.2 | 3.1 | |
| Accessible rural | 13.6 | 11.5 | 13.4 | |
| Remote rural | 6.1 | 4.0 | 5.9 | |
Note: Base sample n=2593 all couple families. Families with biological father, n=2411, families with non-biological father figure n=182 (all unweighted). Percentages shown in table are weighted.
1. Biological father or non-biological resident father figure.
2. Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation.
3. Scottish Government 6-fold urban-rural classification.
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