Table 2.
Parental demographics
| N = 640 | |
|---|---|
| Parent age (yrs) | 35.9 ± 8.8 |
| Gender (M/F %) | 27.7/72.3 |
| English as first language | 600 (94.0) |
| Race/ethnicity: | |
| Caucasian | 496 (77.6) |
| African American | 83 (13.0) |
| Hispanic | 25 (3.9) |
| Asian | 15 (2.3) |
| Other | 20 (3.1) |
| Highest level of education: | |
| Grade school | 38 (5.9) |
| High school graduate | 112 (17.5) |
| Some College/Trade school | 192 (30.0) |
| College graduate | 205 (32.1) |
| Graduate school | 92 (14.4) |
| REALM score (range 0–66) | 63.8 ± 5.3 |
| Numeracy score (range 0–48) | 36.4 ± 9.4 |
| Parent anxiety (0–10) | 6.01 ± 2.9 |
| Parent prior research participant | 89 (14.0) |
| Child prior research participant | 112 (17.6) |
Data are presented as n (%) and mean ± SD; REALM = Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine