Family Identity and Deviations from the Master Narrative in Sweden

Figures & data

Table 1. Descriptive information on the participants in the total sample and subsample.

	Total sample (N = 462)		Subsample (n = 170*)
Variables	n (%)	Mean age (standard deviation)	n (%)	Mean age (standard deviation)
Gender
Women	345 (75)	20.48 (5.04)	137 (82)	20.42 (5.13)
Men	111 (23.8)	19.8 (5.31)	30 (18)	19.00 (3.39)
Non-binary/Trans	3 (0.6)	21 (4)	1 (1)	17 (-)
Self-Identified Ethnicity
Ethnic majority	289 (64)		90 (54)
Mixed	116 (26)		56 (34)
Ethnic minority	43 (10)		20 (12)
Education
Upper secondary school	267 (57)		100 (59)
University	195 (42)		68 (41)
Total	462 (100)	20.3 (5.10)	168 (100)	20.1 (4.87)

* 37% of the large sample

Table 2. Frequency of narrative themes and identity centrality.

Themes and subthemes		Identity centrality
	n (%)	M	SD
Family structure	40 (23.5)	5.38	1.50
Unusual family	21
Divorce	15
Choosing a different family structure	4
Family adversity	40 (23.5)	5.79	1.53
Experiencing negative events and difficult emotions	24
Mental illness in the family	12
Wishing things were different	4
Perceived social norms	35 (21)	5.43	1.69
Choosing differently	18
Deviating views in the family	15
Deviating from family norms	2
Where are you from? Family roots and heritage	34 (20)	5.27	1.74
Double identity	17
Experiences of racism	14
Coming from a certain social class	3
Hiding my identity	16 (9)	5.00	1.71
Hiding from my family	9
Hiding my family	7
The normative family	5 (3)	5.00	1.61
Family-related narratives (reporting identity centrality) Other themed narratives (reporting identity centrality)	165 267	5.42* 4.60*	1.61 1.87

* Significant difference in identity centrality between samples, p< .001

Data availability statement

Due to the nature of this research, participants of this study did not agree for their data to be shared publicly, so supporting data is not available. Materials such as the coding manual are available from the corresponding author.