Table 1.
Baseline characteristics by arm.
| No. (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Decision aid | Leaflet | Control | |
| GP practices | 14 (28) | 18 (36) | 18 (36) |
| Parents | 50 (23) | 93 (42) | 77 (35) |
| Relationship to child | |||
| Mother | 46 (92) | 87 (94) | 73 (95) |
| Father | 4 (8) | 6 (6) | 4 (5) |
| Ethnicity | |||
| White British | 49 (98) | 82 (88) | 70 (91) |
| Other | 1 (2) | 9 (10) | 7 (9) |
| Missing | 0 (0) | 2 (2) | 0 (0) |
| Marital status | |||
| Single/never married | 2 (4) | 4 (4) | 4 (5) |
| Married/live with partner | 47 (94) | 86 (93) | 73 (95) |
| Separated/divorced/widowed | 0 (0) | 2 (2) | 0 (0) |
| Missing | 1 (2) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| Education | |||
| Up to 18 years | 22 (44) | 32 (34) | 31 (40) |
| Beyond 18 years | 28 (56) | 60 (65) | 46 (60) |
| Missing | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| Employment | |||
| Full time | 27 (54) | 44 (47) | 36 (47) |
| Part time | 17 (34) | 29 (31) | 29 (38) |
| Other | 6 (12) | 19 (20) | 11 (14) |
| Missing | 0 (0) | 1 (2) | 1 (1) |
| Mean age (SD) of parent, years | 32.20 (5.51) | 33.29 (5.58) | 31.43 (5.25) |
| Mean age (SD) of child, months | 9.00 (2.35) | 8.04 (2.63) | 8.33 (2.40) |