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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