TABLE 1.
Distribution of Maternal and Child Characteristics of Mail Respondents Compared to Phone Respondents and Nonparticipants in North Carolina Barriers to Care Survey, 2006
| Mail respondents N = 160
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Phone respondents N = 85
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Nonparticipants N = 230
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| N (%) | N (%) | p-valuea | N (%) | p-valuea | p-valueb | |
| Maternal characteristics | ||||||
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| ≤ 25 years old | 12 (7.5) | 14 (16.5) | 0.05 | 39 (17.0) | 0.006 | 1.0 |
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| 26–30 years old | 39 (24.4) | 27 (31.8) | 0.23 | 76 (33.0) | 0.07 | 0.89 |
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| 31–35 years old | 50 (31.3) | 22 (25.9) | 0.46 | 66 (28.7) | 0.65 | 0.67 |
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| > 35 years old | 59 (36.9) | 22 (25.9) | 0.09 | 49 (21.3) | <0.001 | 0.44 |
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| Education, at time of child’s birth | ||||||
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| Elementary and some high school | 22 (13.8) | 14 (16.5) | 0.57 | 65 (28.3) | <0.001 | 0.04 |
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| High school graduate | 35 (21.9) | 36 (42.4) | 0.001 | 92 (40.0) | <0.001 | 0.70 |
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| Some college | 44 (27.5) | 20 (23.5) | 0.54 | 39 (17.0) | 0.02 | 0.20 |
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| College graduate | 59 (36.9) | 15 (17.7) | 0.002 | 34 (14.8) | <0.001 | 0.60 |
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| Race | ||||||
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| White | 145 (90.6) | 68 (80.0) | 0.03 | 185 (80.4) | 0.007 | 1.0 |
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| Non-white/Otherd | 15 (9.4) | 17 (20.0) | - | 45 (19.6) | - | - |
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| Ethnicity | ||||||
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| Hispanic/Latino | 5 (3.1) | 5 (5.9) | 0.32 | 46 (20.0) | <0.001 | 0.002 |
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| Non-Hispanic/Latino | 155 (96.9) | 80 (94.1) | - | 184 (80.0) | - | - |
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| Marital status, at time of child’s birth | ||||||
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| Married | 127 (79.4) | 59 (69.4) | 0.09 | 131 (57.0) | <0.001 | 0.05 |
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| Not married | 33 (20.6) | 26 (30.6) | - | 99 (43.0) | - | - |
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| Child characteristics | ||||||
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| Female | 66 (41.3) | 33 (44.7) | 0.68 | 100 (43.5) | 0.68 | 0.90 |
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| Male | 94 (58.8) | 47 (55.3) | - | 130 (56.5) | - | - |
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| Agec | ||||||
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| 3 years old | 35 (21.9) | 25 (29.4) | 0.21 | 41 (17.8) | 0.36 | 0.03 |
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| 4 years old | 48 (30.0) | 20 (23.5) | 0.30 | 57 (24.8) | 0.30 | 0.88 |
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| 5 years old | 44 (27.5) | 14 (16.5) | 0.06 | 66 (28.7) | 0.82 | 0.03 |
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| 6 years old | 22 (13.8) | 18 (21.2) | 0.15 | 50 (21.7) | 0.05 | 1.0 |
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| 7 years old | 11 (7.9) | 8 (9.4) | 0.46 | 16 (7.0) | 0.99 | 0.48 |
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| Cleft type | ||||||
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| Cleft lip only | 34 (21.3) | 13 (15.3) | 0.31 | 47 (20.4) | 0.90 | 0.34 |
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| Cleft palate only | 50 (31.3) | 39 (45.9) | 0.03 | 88 (38.3) | 0.16 | 0.25 |
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| Cleft lip with cleft palate | 76 (47.5) | 33 (38.8) | 0.22 | 95 (41.3) | 0.25 | 0.80 |
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| Presence of other birth defects | ||||||
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| Yes | 66 (41.3) | 34 (40.0) | 0.89 | 102 (44.4) | 0.60 | 0.52 |
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| No | 94 (58.8) | 51 (60.0) | - | 128 (55.7) | - | - |
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| Preterm birth (<37 weeks) | ||||||
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| Yes | 34 (21.3) | 12 (14.1) | 0.23 | 41 (17.8) | 0.43 | 0.50 |
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| No | 126 (78.8) | 73 (85.9) | - | 189 (82.2) | - | - |
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| Low birth weight (<2500 grams)e | ||||||
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| Yes | 31 (19.4) | 11 (12.9) | 0.22 | 37 (16.1) | 0.42 | 0.60 |
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| No | 129 (80.6) | 74 (87.1) | - | 192 (83.5) | - | - |
n = 475; p <0.05 was used to indicate statistical significance, significant p-values are in bold.
a
Phone respondents and nonparticipants were compared to mail respondents using Fisher’s exact tests.
b
Nonparticipants were compared to phone respondents using Fisher’s exact tests.
c
Age was calculated using the end of study period date (04/30/2008) and date of birth recorded on the birth certificate for both mother and child.
d
‘Other’ race included Black, American Indian, Chinese, and Other Asian.
e
One nonparticipant child was missing birth weight information on birth certificate.