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Socio-demographic characteristics associated with perceived social support among parents of children aged 0–7 years: the CIKEO study
BACKGROUND: Social support has been associated with numerous positive outcomes for families’ health, wellbeing and empowerment. This study examined which socio-demographic characteristics are associated with perceived social support among parents of children aged 0–7 years. METHOD: Cross-sectional d...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9795715/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36575393 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14830-1 |
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author | Fierloos, Irene N. Windhorst, Dafna A. Fang, Yuan Jonkman, Harrie Crone, Matty R. Hosman, Clemens M. H. Tan, Siok Swan Raat, Hein |
author_facet | Fierloos, Irene N. Windhorst, Dafna A. Fang, Yuan Jonkman, Harrie Crone, Matty R. Hosman, Clemens M. H. Tan, Siok Swan Raat, Hein |
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description | BACKGROUND: Social support has been associated with numerous positive outcomes for families’ health, wellbeing and empowerment. This study examined which socio-demographic characteristics are associated with perceived social support among parents of children aged 0–7 years. METHOD: Cross-sectional data of 1007 parents of children aged 0–7 years, gathered in the CIKEO cohort study in the Netherlands, were analysed. Social support was assessed with the Multi-dimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS). Linear regression models were used to examine associations between socio-demographic characteristics and perceived social support. RESULTS: The mean age of the participants was 34.1 years (SD = 5.1); 92.9% were mothers. The multivariable regression model showed that fathers (β: -0.15, 95% CI: − 0.22, − 0.08), parents with a low educational level (β: -0.12, 95% CI: 0.18, − 0.06), parents with a low income (β: -0.10, 95% CI: − 0.19, − 0.01), unemployed parents (β: -0.14, 95% CI: − 0.20, − 0.07), and parents of older children (β: -0.07; 95% CI: − 0.13, 0.00) perceived lower levels of social support. Interaction analyses showed that parents with a migration background and a low educational level were particularly susceptible to perceiving lower levels of support (β: -0.34, 95% CI: − 0.52, − 0.15). CONCLUSION: Fathers, parents with a low educational level, parents with a low income, unemployed parents, parents of older children, and parents with both a migration background and a low educational level are at increased risk of perceiving lower levels of social support. IMPLICATIONS: We recommend to develop, implement and evaluate intervention strategies to strengthen perceived social support among the abovementioned subgroups of parents, in order to improve families’ health, wellbeing and empowerment. TRIAL REGISTRATION: NTR7607 in the Netherlands trial registry. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12889-022-14830-1. |
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spelling | pubmed-97957152022-12-29 Socio-demographic characteristics associated with perceived social support among parents of children aged 0–7 years: the CIKEO study Fierloos, Irene N. Windhorst, Dafna A. Fang, Yuan Jonkman, Harrie Crone, Matty R. Hosman, Clemens M. H. Tan, Siok Swan Raat, Hein BMC Public Health Research BACKGROUND: Social support has been associated with numerous positive outcomes for families’ health, wellbeing and empowerment. This study examined which socio-demographic characteristics are associated with perceived social support among parents of children aged 0–7 years. METHOD: Cross-sectional data of 1007 parents of children aged 0–7 years, gathered in the CIKEO cohort study in the Netherlands, were analysed. Social support was assessed with the Multi-dimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS). Linear regression models were used to examine associations between socio-demographic characteristics and perceived social support. RESULTS: The mean age of the participants was 34.1 years (SD = 5.1); 92.9% were mothers. The multivariable regression model showed that fathers (β: -0.15, 95% CI: − 0.22, − 0.08), parents with a low educational level (β: -0.12, 95% CI: 0.18, − 0.06), parents with a low income (β: -0.10, 95% CI: − 0.19, − 0.01), unemployed parents (β: -0.14, 95% CI: − 0.20, − 0.07), and parents of older children (β: -0.07; 95% CI: − 0.13, 0.00) perceived lower levels of social support. Interaction analyses showed that parents with a migration background and a low educational level were particularly susceptible to perceiving lower levels of support (β: -0.34, 95% CI: − 0.52, − 0.15). CONCLUSION: Fathers, parents with a low educational level, parents with a low income, unemployed parents, parents of older children, and parents with both a migration background and a low educational level are at increased risk of perceiving lower levels of social support. IMPLICATIONS: We recommend to develop, implement and evaluate intervention strategies to strengthen perceived social support among the abovementioned subgroups of parents, in order to improve families’ health, wellbeing and empowerment. TRIAL REGISTRATION: NTR7607 in the Netherlands trial registry. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12889-022-14830-1. BioMed Central 2022-12-27 /pmc/articles/PMC9795715/ /pubmed/36575393 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14830-1 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Fierloos, Irene N. Windhorst, Dafna A. Fang, Yuan Jonkman, Harrie Crone, Matty R. Hosman, Clemens M. H. Tan, Siok Swan Raat, Hein Socio-demographic characteristics associated with perceived social support among parents of children aged 0–7 years: the CIKEO study |
title | Socio-demographic characteristics associated with perceived social support among parents of children aged 0–7 years: the CIKEO study |
title_full | Socio-demographic characteristics associated with perceived social support among parents of children aged 0–7 years: the CIKEO study |
title_fullStr | Socio-demographic characteristics associated with perceived social support among parents of children aged 0–7 years: the CIKEO study |
title_full_unstemmed | Socio-demographic characteristics associated with perceived social support among parents of children aged 0–7 years: the CIKEO study |
title_short | Socio-demographic characteristics associated with perceived social support among parents of children aged 0–7 years: the CIKEO study |
title_sort | socio-demographic characteristics associated with perceived social support among parents of children aged 0–7 years: the cikeo study |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9795715/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36575393 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14830-1 |
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