Table 2.
Bivariate Statistics of Factors Associated with Parental Beliefs about Child’s Condition among CSHCN+ASD Age 6–17 years
| Percent in each demographic category holding belief† | Percent in each catergory receving health service | ||||||
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| Definitely agree condition is likely to be lifelong rather than temporary | Agree Condition can be prevented or decreased with treatment | Agree Child’s condition is a mystery to parent | Agree Parent has the power to change child’s condition | ≥1 or more psychotropic medication type(s) used currently on a regular basis | Current use of behavioral intervention or modification at least once per week | Current use of complementary/ alternative health care | |
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| Overalll Percentage of Sample‡ | 70.8%** | 81.5%** | 44.5%* | 44.8%* | 52.9% | 28.9%** | 17.3%** |
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Race/Ethnicity
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| White, Non-Hispanic | 75.5%** | 80.2% | 39.5%** | 43.3% | 55.7% | 33.0%** | 17.4% |
| Hispanic | 54.8%* | 87.7% | 55.5% | 46.1% | 46.2% | 20.2% | 17.7% |
| Black, Non-Hispanic | 56.4%* | 79.6% | 50.6% | 51.7% | 45.4% | 24.8% | 20.8% |
| Other Race, Non-Hispanic | 75.1% | 82.8% | 54.4% | 48.1% | 52.8% | 19.0% | 13.7% |
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Household Income
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| 0%–99% FPL | 69.8% | 80.8% | 56.7%* | 42.2% | 59.1% | 26.5% | 15.8% |
| 100%–199% FPL | 72.3% | 70.8%** | 46.6% | 34.6%* | 55.9% | 29.5% | 18.2% |
| 200%–399% FPL | 72.8% | 84.4% | 41.6% | 47.9% | 51.7% | 32.3% | 15.8% |
| ≥400% FPL | 68.1% | 86.1% | 39.3% | 50.0% | 48.6% | 26.0% | 19.2% |
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Parent Educational Attainment
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| High school or less | 73.3% | 72.5% | 61.2% | 44.5% | 61.4% | 28.3% | 12.1% |
| More than High school | 70.2% | 84.2%** | 39.5%** | 44.9% | 50.3% | 29.1% | 18.9% |
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Age
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| 6–8 years | 50.5%** | 86.1% | 51.4% | 53.9%* | 37.8%** | 35.2% | 17.7% |
| 9–11 years | 69.2% | 86.8%* | 48.6% | 51.5%* | 55.9% | 30.1% | 15.5% |
| 12–14 years | 79.2%* | 76.8% | 35.4%* | 35.3%* | 52.0% | 27.0% | 15.6% |
| 15–17 years | 84.5%** | 73.6%* | 41.8% | 36.2% | 65.4%** | 22.7% | 22.4% |
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Gender
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| Female | 72.5% | 75.6% | 40.9% | 43.2% | 51.1% | 31.2% | 22.1% |
| Male | 70.4% | 82.8% | 45.3% | 45.2% | 53.2% | 28.4% | 16.3% |
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Health Insurance Type
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| Public Insurance Only | 72.8% | 74.9% | 47.4% | 41.3% | 53.5% | 32.4% | 18.7% |
| Private Insurance or Both | 70.5% | 85.0%** | 41.6% | 46.2% | 52.0% | 28.2% | 16.8% |
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Region
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| Northeast | 73.2% | 82.0% | 41.6% | 45.4% | 53.1% | 38.9%* | 13.8% |
| Midwest | 77.2% | 76.1% | 42.5% | 41.6% | 55.2% | 30.1% | 21.2% |
| South | 67.7% | 83.1% | 48.8% | 48.7% | 57.4% | 22.3%* | 12.6%* |
| West | 65.5% | 84.8% | 42.8% | 41.7% | 42.5%* | 27.7% | 24.3% |
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Funcional Limitations
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| No | 59.6% | 84.8% | 46.3% | 48.9% | 47.3% | 21.3% | 14.4% |
| Yes | 77.0%** | 79.7% | 43.5% | 42.6% | 55.8% | 33.2%** | 18.9% |
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Family Structure
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| 2 parent biological/adopted | 69.8% | 82.1% | 42.3% | 46.5% | 47.7%* | 29.4% | 17.7% |
| Single mother | 74.8% | 83.1% | 43.0% | 40.5% | 60.2% | 30.7% | 20.4% |
| Other | 68.3% | 76.2% | 55.8%* | 43.4% | 60.1% | 25.5% | 12.8% |
‡
Weighted to represent the non-institutionalized population of CSHCN+ASD age 6–17 years in the United States.
†
Parental belief items were dichotmoized according to the central tendency of CSHCN+ASD responses on each item’s 4-point likert type scale.
*
p<.05, compared to all other categories
**
p<.01 compared to all other categories