Table 1

Number of births among mothers and fathers at different levels of exposure in selected categories of demographic data in Norway 1967–95

Mother's exposureFather's exposure
<4 h4–24 h>24 h<4 h4–24 h>24 h
Total births (n)772790582655420112898611400047312
Education (y, %):
    <1013.222.138.019.024.329.6
    10–1252.054.752.850.861.859.6
    >1234.322.88.429.713.310.3
    No education0.005000.010.020.04
    Unknown0.40.50.80.40.60.6
Place of birth (%):
    Oslo or Akershus21.824.96.620.314.57.7
    Hordaland9.911.617.210.511.912.6
    Sør-Trøndelag6.44.73.86.15.15.0
    Others61.958.972.463.168.574.7
Age of mother (%):
    ≤205.28.412.26.58.89.9
    21–2528.837.241.131.136.636.1
    26–3036.435.029.035.433.131.7
    31–3521.515.012.819.215.415.7
    >358.04.45.07.96.06.6
Year of birth (%):
    1967–7528.540.842.039.040.843.8
    1976–8535.536.431.433.231.131.3
    1986–9536.022.826.627.828.124.9