Table 2—

Demographic characteristics

Parental Respondent Characteristics	All Parents (%, N=105)	Hospital		P value
		CHOP (%, n=53)	Nationwide (%, n=52)
Relationship
Mother	74	71	77	0.10
Father	23	29	17
Other caregiver	3	0	6
Education level
Grade school	4	6	2	0.16
High school	36	27	44
College	45	54	37
Graduate degree	15	13	17
Employment
Employed	66	71	62	0.30
Unemployed	34	29	38
Insurance type
Medicaid	44	40	48	0.35
Other government	9	12	6
Private or employer	44	42	46
None	1	2	0
Not sure	2	4	0
Race
American Indian or Alaska Native	0	0	0	0.001
Asian	9	10	8
Black or African American	33	50	15
Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	54	38	69
Mixed race or other	5	2	8
Ethnicity
Hispanic	4	6	2	0.31
Not Hispanic	96	94	98
Marital status
Married or partnered	63	58	67	0.31
Single	38	42	33
Divorced or separated	0	0	0
Widowed	0	0	0
Child’s gender
Female	40	40	40	0.60
Male	59	60	58
Nonbinary or other	1	0	2
Child’s age
<1 year	44	27	62	<0.001
1 year	24	23	25
2 years	15	17	13
3 years	1	2	0
4 years	5	10	0
≥5 years	11	21	0
Mean rating of child’s health (5-point Likert scale)	4.2	4.3	4.2	0.52
Diaper insecurity
Often	8	6	10	0.012
Sometimes	9	15	2
Never	80	71	88
Don’t use diapers	4	8	0
Food insecurity
Often	2	2	2	0.63
Sometimes	11	13	8
Never	88	85	90