Table 2.
Socioeconomic status of the Children with Medical Complexity (CMC) cohort and the Greater Cincinnati Asthma Risks Study (GCARS) comparator cohort
| CMC Cohort | GCARS Cohort | p-value* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | ||
| Household Income | <0.0001 | ||||
| <$15,000 | 35 | 21.6 | 261 | 34.3 | |
| $15,000 – 29,999 | 41 | 25.3 | 212 | 27.9 | |
| $30,000 – 59,999 | 35 | 21.6 | 154 | 20.3 | |
| $60,000 – 89,999 | 16 | 9.9 | 78 | 10.3 | |
| ≥$90,000 | 35 | 21.6 | 55 | 7.2 | |
| Caregiver Educational Attainment | <0.0001 | ||||
| Less than high school graduate | 9 | 5.4 | 128 | 16.7 | |
| High school graduate or GED | 24 | 14.4 | 212 | 27.6 | |
| Some college | 44 | 26.4 | 224 | 29.2 | |
| 2-year college/technical school graduate | 28 | 16.8 | 86 | 11.2 | |
| 4-year college graduate | 40 | 24.0 | 83 | 10.8 | |
| Any postgraduate work | 22 | 13.2 | 34 | 4.4 | |
| Assets | |||||
| Homeowner | 92 | 55.1 | 170 | 22.1 | <0.0001 |
| Car | 146 | 88.5 | 553 | 72.0 | <0.0001 |
*
p-value assessing comparison between CMC and GCARS cohorts using Chi-square test for categorical variables and Wilcoxon Rank Sum test for continuous variables