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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Qual Life Res. 2017 Aug 21;27(1):217–234. doi: 10.1007/s11136-017-1681-7

Table 2.

Child and parent participants.

Characteristic Study 1 Study 2

Children Parents Children Parents

Sample size 1,992 964 996 1,294

Survey location
 Home 1,049 (53%) 807 (84%) 996 (100%) 1,294 (100%)
 Clinic 153 (8%) 157 (16%) 0 0
 School 790 (40%) 0 0 0

Child Characteristics

Age, y
 5 0 10 (1%) 0 100 (8%)
 6 0 10 (1%) 0 100 (8%)
 7 0 10 (1%) 0 97 (8%)
 8 261 (13%) 80 (8%) 102 (10%) 103 (8%)
 9 212 (11%) 89 (9%) 88 (9%) 88 (7%)
 10 161 (8%) 104 (11%) 102 (10%) 101 (8%)
 11 167 (8%) 85 (9%) 108 (10%) 109 (8%)
 12 169 (8%) 94 (10%) 100 (10%) 99 (8%)
 13 271 (14%) 127 (13%) 90 (9%) 90 (7%)
 14 244 (12%) 97 (10%) 101 (10%) 102 (8%)
 15 175 (9%) 84 (9%) 104 (10%) 104 (8%)
 16 169 (9%) 91 (9%) 107 (11%) 107 (8%)
 17 163 (8%) 83 (9%) 94 (9%) 94 (7%)

Gender
 Male 1,014 (51%) 475 (49%) 491 (49%) 640 (49%)
 Female 975 (49%) 488 (51%) 505 (51%) 654 (51%)

Race
 White 1,492 (76%) 711 (75%) 731 (73%) 954 (74%)
 African-American or Black 221 (11%) 129 (14%) 96 (10%) 126 (10%)
 Asian or Pacific Islander 86 (4%) 42 (4%) 50 (5%) 60 (5%)
 Other 154 (10%) 62 (7%) 119 (11%) 154 (12%)

Ethnicity
 Hispanic 341 (16%) 118 (13%) 153 (15%) 215 (17%)
 Non-Hispanic 1,624 (84%) 824 (87%) 843 (85%) 1,079 (83%)

Special Healthcare Need --- --- 270 (28%) 328 (26%)

Parental and Family Characteristics

Annual household income
 Less than $40,000 --- --- 251 (25%) 348 (27%)
 $40,000 or more 745 (75%) 946 (73%)

Relationship to child
 Mother --- 740 (78%) 707 (71%) 939 (73%)
 Father 146 (15%) 234 (24%) 293 (23%)
 Other 68 (7%) 53 (5%) 59 (5%)

Parental Age (years)
 18–34 --- 131 (25%) 131 (13%) 273 (21%)
 35–44 248 (48%) 413 (41%) 546 (42%)
 45+ 135 (26%) 452 (45%) 475 (37%)

Parental Educational attainment
 High school or less --- 112 (19%) 172 (17%) 227 (17%)
 Some college 236 (39%) 363 (36%) 459 (35%)
 College degree or higher 251 (42%) 461 (46%) 608 (47%)