Table 1.
Characteristics of 851 Parents Completing the 3-Month Follow-Up Survey by Method
| Respondents with Email | Respondents without Email | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Telephone | Online | p* | Telephone | p* | |
| N | 226 | 433 | 192 | ||
| Age of child (years) (%) | .40 | .19 | |||
| 0–4 | 27.9 | 31.2 | 30.2 | ||
| 5–9 | 16.8 | 24.0 | 23.4 | ||
| 10–14 | 26.1 | 27.9 | 25.0 | ||
| 15–17 | 29.2 | 16.9 | 21.4 | ||
| Child gender (%) | .40 | .56 | |||
| Male | 61.5 | 64.9 | 67.7 | ||
| Female | 38.5 | 35.1 | 32.3 | ||
| Parent gender (%) | .32 | .31 | |||
| Male | 18.1 | 14.6 | 10.9 | ||
| Female | 81.9 | 85.4 | 89.1 | ||
| Child race (%) | .03 | .03 | |||
| White | 63.7 | 75.2 | 37.9 | ||
| Black | 7.1 | 1.6 | 6.8 | ||
| Hispanic | 7.1 | 2.1 | 35.8 | ||
| Asian | 3.5 | 2.1 | 1.0 | ||
| Other/multiple | 18.6 | 19.0 | 18.4 | ||
| Household income (%) | .37 | .03 | |||
| <U.S.$30k | 21.7 | 8.8 | 52.1 | ||
| U.S.$30–60k | 19.5 | 16.4 | 19.8 | ||
| U.S.$60–100k | 24.8 | 24.9 | 10.4 | ||
| >U.S.$100k | 29.2 | 46.7 | 9.4 | ||
| Refused/dnk | 4.9 | 3.2 | 8.3 | ||
| Parent education (%) | .01 | .002 | |||
| High school or lower | 25.2 | 8.5 | 60.8 | ||
| Some college | 31.4 | 27.7 | 24.9 | ||
| College | 24.3 | 37.0 | 9.0 | ||
| Postgraduate | 19.0 | 26.8 | 5.3 | ||
| Parent employment (%) | .66 | .02 | |||
| Not working for pay | 34.5 | 32.1 | 46.1 | ||
| Working for pay | 65.5 | 67.9 | 53.9 | ||
| Residence (%) | .11 | .17 | |||
| Urban | 92.4 | 97.2 | 92.7 | ||
| Rural | 7.6 | 2.8 | 7.3 | ||
| Hospitals (%) | .06 | .03 | |||
| CHOP | 4.0 | 2.8 | 5.7 | ||
| Other hospitals | 96.0 | 97.2 | 94.3 | ||
Note. The 45 parents completing the surveys in both modes are excluded.
*
Compared with web respondents.