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Table 4 Sociodemographic characteristics of alimemazine use categorized in three groups: reported use in MoBa but no prescriptions in NorPD, no reported use in MoBa but prescription in NorPD and reported use in MoBa and prescription in NorPD

From: Hypnotics use in children 0–18 months: moderate agreement between mother-reported survey data and prescription registry data

  

Only in MoBaa (N = 106)

Only in NorPDb(N = 485)

Both MoBa & NorPDc (N = 261)

P-value****

Socioeconomic variables

 

n

%

n

%

n

%

 

Mothers education (n = 822)

low (≤12)

30

29.41%

170

36.48%

106

41.73%

 

high (≥13)

72

70.59%

296

63.52%

148

58.27%

0.083

Fathers education (n = 766)

low (≤ 12)

35

38.46%

245

56.71%

145

59.67%

 

high (≥13)

56

61.54%

187

43.29%

98

40.33%

0.002

Planned pregnancy (n = 837)

no

17

16.50%

101

21.26%

48

18.53%

 

yes

86

83.50%

374

78.74%

211

81.47%

0.448

Maternal employment situation (N = 839)

not working

4

3.88%

53

11.13%

17

6.56%

 

working

99

96.12%

423

88.87%

242

93.44%

0.019

Family income (N = 818)

low

22

21.57%

126

27.21%

72

28.46%

 

medium

64

62.75%

288

62.20%

161

63.64%

 

high

16

15.69%

49

10.58%

20

7.91%

0.227

Maternal marital status (N = 851)

married/cohabiting

101

95.28%

471

97.31%

249

95.40%

 

other

5

4.72%

13

2.69%

12

4.60%

0.312

Parity (N = 851)

0

44

41.51%

211

43.60%

122

46.74%

 

1

47

44.34%

168

34.71%

83

31.80%

 

≥2

15

14.15%

105

21.69%

56

21.46%

0.164

Age mother (years) (N = 851)

≤29

41

38.68%

185

38.22%

122

46.74%

 

≥30

65

61.32%

299

61.78%

139

53.26%

0.069

Age father (years) (N = 851)

≤29

26

24.53%

126

26.03%

77

29.50%

 

≥30

80

75.47%

358

73.97%

184

70.50%

0.5

  1. ****Chi-square test
  2. aOnly reported use in MoBa. No prescription in NorPD
  3. bOnly filled prescription in NorPD. No reported use in MoBa
  4. cBoth reported use in MoBa and filled prescription in NorPD