Table 3 Demographic details of the sample (N = 109)
N | Per cent | |
|---|---|---|
Child Sex | ||
Male | 50 | 45.9 |
Female | 59 | 54.1 |
Parent Sex | ||
Male | 24 | 22 |
Female | 85 | 78 |
Parent Ethnicity | ||
Asian | 8 | 7.3 |
Black | 7 | 6.4 |
White | 91 | 83.5 |
Mixed | 1 | 1.0 |
Other | 2 | 1.8 |
Education | ||
Degree | 64 | 58.7 |
No-degree | 45 | 41.3 |
Working Status | ||
Unemployed | 21 | 19.3 |
Working part-time (between 8–29 h per week) | 35 | 32.1 |
Working full-time (30 h or more per week) | 53 | 48.6 |
Adequacy of Income | ||
Living Comfortably | 47 | 43.1 |
Managing | 46 | 42.2 |
Finding it Difficult | 9 | 8.3 |
Finding it Very Difficult | 6 | 5.5 |
Household Food Security | ||
High or Marginal Food Security | 72 | 66.1 |
Low Food Security | 16 | 14.7 |
Very Low Food Security | 21 | 19.3 |