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Published in final edited form as: Childs Nerv Syst. 2010 Jul 23;27(2):10.1007/s00381-010-1230-y. doi: 10.1007/s00381-010-1230-y

Table 1.

Sample demographic and clinical information—parent information (n=1,409)

Variable		Percentage
Age	Mean=39.95 (SD=8.34); range: 25–65 years
Hispanic origin	% Yes	16.5
Race^a	White	83.0
	African American	8.9
	Asian	3.4
Marital status	Never married	7.7
	Married	68.0
	Live w/partner	11.4
	Separated	2.6
	Divorced	8.9
	Widowed	1.4
Relationship to child^b	Father	40.0
Relationship to child^b	Mother	60.0
Education (father n=563)^b	Less than high school	2.5
	Some high school	4.8
	High school grad	17.9
	Some college	31.1
	College degree	33.6
	Advanced degree	10.1
Education (mother n=846)^b	Less than high school	3.1
	Some high school	5.8
	High school grad	28.4
	Some college	37.6
	College degree	19.7
	Advanced degree	5.4

^a

Not mutually exclusive categories

^b

Only one parent participated in the study, and only that parent provided education information