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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jun 8.
Published in final edited form as: Qual Life Res. 2009 Feb 17;18(3):359–370. doi: 10.1007/s11136-009-9447-5

Table 1.

Demographics

Age Range 2–20 years
Age (mean) (SD) 10.8 (4.0)
Age Groups N (%)
 < 5 yrs 17 (5.6)
 5–9 112 (36.6)
 10–14 123 (40.2)
 15–19 50 (16.3)
 ≥20 4 (1.3)
Female N (% ) 138 (45.1)
Ethnicity N (%)
Hispanic or Latino
25 (8.2)
Race N (%)
 Asian
9 (3.0)
 Other 12 (3.9)
 African American 27 (8.8)
 White 258 (84.3)
Gross Motor Functional Classification System (GMFCS) N (%)
 I 75 (24.5)
 II 91 (29.7)
 III 78 (24.5)
 IV 36 (11.8)
 V 26 (8.5)
Type of CP N (%) (N=305)
 Diplegia 144 (47.2)
 Hemiplegia 73 (23.9)
 Quadriplegia 88 (28.9)
Environment/School count N (%) (N=305)
No school 13 (4.3)
Pre-school 11 (3.6)
Day school 217 (71.1)
Residential school 45 (14.8)
Home school 13 (4.3)
College/university, lives at home 4 (1.3)
College/university, lives on campus 2(0.7)
Mode of administration N (%)
Internet 11(3.6)
In clinic 295 (96.4)
Respondents education level N (%) (N=246)
Less than 9th grade 2(0.8)
Some high school 11(4.5)
High school graduate 58(23.6)
Some college 60(24.4)
College graduate 79(32.1)
Graduate school 36(14.6)

Values are based on N=306 unless otherwise specified.