Table 2

Interest in attending a parenting group by sociodemographic and child characteristics

Yes % (n)Maybe % (n)No % (n)
*p<0.001.
Age of eldest child in family*
2 or 3 years22.5 (34)48.4 (73)29.1 (44)
4 years or older11.9 (76)42.9 (275)45.2 (290)
Any child in family in the clinical range for either intensity or problem score*
Yes23.8 (40)48.2 (81)28.0 (47)
No11.5 (70)42.6 (260)45.9 (280)
Social class
Non-manual15.4 (78)44.9 (227)39.7 (201)
Manual11.0 (21)41.9 (80)47.1 (90)
Housing tenure
Owner occupied13.5 (67)42.4 (211)44.2 (220)
Rented14.5 (39)46.8 (126)38.7 (104)
Educational level
Left education aged 17 or younger11.4 (43)42.4 (160)46.2 (174)
Left education aged 18 or older16.3 (62)44.5 (169)39.2 (149)
Single parent
Yes16.5 (20)47.9 (58)35.5 (43)
No13.2 (88)43.1 (287)43.7 (291)
Ethnicity
Asian23.5 (8)47.1 (16)29.4 (10)
Black18.2 (2)54.5 (6)27.3 (3)
Mixed race 8.3 (5)53.3 (32)38.3 (23)
White14.1 (95)42.2 (285)43.7 (295)
All parents 13.9 (110)44.0 (349)42.2 (335)