AMAP Greenland and the Faroe Islands 1997-2001

N Percentage BMI of mother (low / optimal = 18.8 - 24.2 / high) 500     4.8 / 61.0 / 34.2 Alcohol during pregnancy (none / less than once or once per month / more frequently) 500     58.0 / 35.6 / 6.4 Smoking of mother (no / yes) 500     71.2 / 28.8 Smoking of father (no / yes) 497     61.4 / 38.6 Parity (0 / 1 / 2 / >2) 500     26.6 / 35.0 / 25.6 / 13.8 Mother´s nationality (Faroese / Danish / other) 500     96.4 / 2.0 / 1.6 Father´s nationality (Faroese / Danish / other) 498     96.2 / 2.8 / 1.0 Basic school education of mother1 500     1.0 / 1.4 / 13.0 / 84.6 Higher school education of mother2 500     27.4 / 34.4 / 19.8 / 18.4 Occupation / profession of mother3 500     8.6 / 28.0 / 9.4 / 27.0 / 22.2 / 4.8 Basic school education of father1  492     9.6 / 2.0 / 13.2 / 75.2 Higher school education of father2 493     67.3 / 21.5 / 4.7 / 6.5 Occupation / profession of father3 495     5.1 / 10.3 / 3.2 / 42.2 / 29.3 / 9.9 1: 7 years / 8 years / 9 years / 10 years or more 2: None / high school diploma / high school equivalent / commercial school (1 year) 3: Scoring of occupation of parents: no professional education completed or under training / unskilled worker / skilled worker / medium long training / longer training / university training; scoring of profession of parents: under education / unskilled worker / lower employee / middle class employee / independent middle class occupation / higher class occupation; for the item “occupation / profession of mother or father” the highest one of all four variables was selected