Table 1: Independent variables (vertical percentages) across late parental divorce experienced between 15/16 and 18/19 years of age (n=109) in a prospective study, and across early divorce experienced before the adolescent became 15/16 year-old (n=530) in a cross-sectional study of 18/19 year-old norwegian adolescents in 2004.

Independent
Variables
Categories Prospective study (N=1861) Cross-sectional study (N=2417)
Frequency
(Vertical %)
Continuously#
Married
Late
Divorce
Frequency
(Vertical %)
Continuously##
Married
Early
Divorce
Gender Male 838 (45.0) 793 (94.6) 45 (5.4) 1080 (44.7) 849 (78.6) 231 (21.4)
female 1023 (55.0) 959 (93.7) 64 (6.3) 1337 (55.3) 1038 (77.6) 299 (22.4)
Ethnicity Western 1608 (86.4) 1515 (94.2) 93 (5.8) 2127 (88.0) 1631 (76.7) **496 (23.3)
Non-western 246 (13.2) 230 (93.5) 16 (6.5) 280 (11.6) 249 (88.9) 31 (11.1)
Missing 7 (0.4) 7 (100) 0 (0.0) 10 (0.4) 7 (70.0) 3 (30.0)
Family economy Average and below 420 (22.6) 381 (90.7) **39 (9.3) 658 (27.2) 432 (65.7) **226 (34.3)
Above average 1408 (75.7) 1340 (95.2) 68 (4.8) 1722 (71.2) 1421 (82.5) 301 (17.5)
Missing 33 (1.7) 31 (93.9) 2 (6.1) 37 (1.6) 34 (91.9) 3 (8.1)
Social support Low 157 (8.4) 149 (94.9) 8 (0.4) 217 (9.0) 164 (75.6) 53 (24.4)
High 1692 (91.0) 1591 (94.0) 101 (6.0) 2188 (90.5) 1711 (78.2) 477 (21.8)
Missing 12 (0.6) 12 (100) 0 (0.0) 12 (0.5) 12 (100) 0 (0.0)
Internalized mental health problems No mental health problems 1565 (84.0) 1482 (94.7) *83 (5.3) 2006 (83.0) 1586 (79.1) **420 (20.9)
Have mental health problems 296 (16.0) 270 (91.2) 26 (8.8) 411 (17.0) 301 (73.2) 110 (26.8)
Missing 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Externalized mental health problems No mental health problems 1673 (89.9) 1576 (94.2) 97 (5.8) 2171 (89.8) 1695 (78.1) 476 (21.9)
Have mental health problems 159 (8.5) 148 (93.1) 11 (6.9) 213 (8.8) 50 (23.5) 163 (76.5)
Missing 29 (1.6) 28 (96.6) 1 (3.4) 33 (1.4) 29 (87.9) 4 (12.1)

Significant association at **(p<0.01) or *(p<0.05). #Parents continuously married until follow-up time. ##Parents continuously married until time of first survey.