Fathers’ roles (column percentages)
| White (n = 149) | Indian (n = 130) | Pakistani (n = 112) | Bangladeshi (n = 45) | Caribbean (n = 74) | African (n = 61) | Chinese (n = 30) | |
| I would take the lead role | 64 | 31* | 32* | 18* | 42* | 32* | 53 |
| We would decide together (50:50) | 36 | 61* | 57* | 66* | 56* | 63* | 30 |
| Her father would take the lead role | 0 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 17 |
Bold type represents when a 2×2 χ2 was used to analyse whether the reason was cited more/less in that ethnic group compared with the white British group.
*Indicates a significant difference, p<0.05.