Table 2.
Characteristics of 220 Adolescents Completing the 3-Month Follow-Up Survey by Method
| Respondents with Email | Respondents without Email | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Telephone | Online | p* | Telephone | p* | |
| N | 73 | 49 | 98 | ||
| Age of child (months) (%) | 189.5 (13.4) | 192.0 (13.6) | .37 | 190.3 (14.6) | .62 |
| Child gender (%) | .02 | .72 | |||
| Male | 63.0 | 75.5 | 74.5 | ||
| Female | 37.0 | 24.5 | 25.5 | ||
| Parent gender (%) | .90 | .38 | |||
| Male | 19.2 | 18.4 | 13.3 | ||
| Female | 80.8 | 81.6 | 86.7 | ||
| Child race (%) | .58 | .004 | |||
| White | 69.9 | 75.5 | 60.2 | ||
| Black | 5.5 | 0 | 7.2 | ||
| Hispanic | 4.1 | 2.0 | 17.3 | ||
| Asian | 2.7 | 2.0 | 0 | ||
| Other/multiple | 17.8 | 20.5 | 15.3 | ||
| Household income (%) | .72 | .28 | |||
| <U.S.$30k | 17.8 | 12.3 | 20.4 | ||
| U.S.$30–60k | 13.7 | 10.2 | 20.4 | ||
| U.S.$60–100k | 21.9 | 22.4 | 23.5 | ||
| >U.S.$100k | 45.2 | 53.1 | 28.6 | ||
| Refused/dnk | 1.4 | 2.0 | 7.1 | ||
| Parent education (%) | .12 | .28 | |||
| High school or lower | 27.4 | 10.2 | 29.6 | ||
| Some college | 27.4 | 30.6 | 30.6 | ||
| College | 26.0 | 38.8 | 24.5 | ||
| Postgraduate | 19.2 | 20.4 | 15.3 | ||
| Parent employment (%) | .83 | .07 | |||
| Not working for pay | 20.5 | 18.4 | 37.8 | ||
| Working for pay | 79.5 | 81.6 | 62.2 | ||
| Residence | .04 | .10 | |||
| Urban | 90.4 | 100 | 92.8 | ||
| Rural | 9.6 | 0 | 7.2 | ||
| Hospitals (%) | .65 | .67 | |||
| CHOP | 5.5 | 2.0 | 4.1 | ||
| Other hospitals | 94.5 | 98.0 | 95.9 | ||
Note. The seven adolescents completing the surveys in both modes are excluded.
*
Compared with web respondents.