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. 2014 Nov 27;15:463. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-463

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of parents and children by recruitment outcomes

Acceptedaand randomized (N = 361) Acceptedaand not randomized (N = 402) Refused (N = 1,360) Unable to reach (N = 2,385) Total (N = 4,508)b
n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%)
Parents
Gender***
Female 216 (60.0) 237 (59.0) 649 (47.7) 1076 (45.1) 2178 (48.0)
Male 145 (40.0) 165 (41.0) 711 (52.3) 1309 (54.9) 2330 (52.0)
Age (years) at study contact***
Mean (SD) 39.9 (6.3) 40.1 (6.8) 41.0 (7.6) 39.5 (6.7) 40.0 (7.0)
Race/ethnicity***
White non-Hispanic 42 (11.6) 24 (6.0) 131 (9.6) 151 (6.3) 348 (7.7)
African American/Black 42 (11.6) 74 (18.4) 191 (14.1) 369 (15.5) 676 (15.0)
Hispanic 235 (65.1) 255 (63.4) 741 (54.5) 1396 (58.5) 2627 (58.3)
Other non-Hispanic 21 (5.8) 19 (4.7) 158 (11.6) 197 (8.3) 395 (8.8)
Unknown 21 (5.8) 30 (7.5) 138 (10.2) 272 (11.4) 461 (10.2)
Missing 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (0.1) 0 (0.0) 1 (0.0)
Education***
≤ High school 187 (51.8) 200 (49.8) 770 (56.6) 1157 (48.5) 2314 (49.7)
> High school 174 (48.2) 202 (50.3) 590 (43.4) 1228 (51.5) 2194 (51.3)
Median household income***
Median (interquartile range) $56,574 ($29,962) $54,130 ($27,067) $58,761 ($26,555) $54,490 ($26,779) $55,497 ($27,092)
Child
Gender
Female 177 (49.0) 197 (49.0) 700 (51.5) 1176 (49.3) 2250 (49.9)
Male 184 (51.0) 205 (51.0) 659 (48.5) 1209 (50.7) 2257 (50.1)
Age (years) at study contact
Mean (SD) 10.8 (0.8) 10.8 (0.8) 10.8 (0.9) 10.8 (0.8) 10.8 (0.8)

aParents from Kaiser Permanente Southern California who accepted offer of study participation and gave verbal consent to disclose contact information to Claremont Graduate University for consent and randomization. bExcludes 222 families not eligible for participation. ***P < 0.0001 testing for differences among the 4 groups.