Table 1.
Respondents to the children and young people’s (CYP) section of the survey, by selected individual characteristics. Children and Young People’s Inpatient Survey, England, 2014
| Individual characteristics | N | CYP responses (%) | Parent responses (%) | Joint response (%) |
| Overall | 6204 | 57.9 | 13.7 | 28.4 |
| Male | 3247 | 53.6 | 15.2 | 31.2 |
| Female | 2957 | 62.6*** | 12.0 | 25.4 |
| 8–11 years | 2959 | 52.1 | 16.6 | 31.3 |
| 12–15 years | 3245 | 63.1*** | 11.1 | 25.8 |
| Any long-standing condition | 1906 | 50.4 | 20.8 | 28.8 |
| No long-standing condition | 3341 | 62.7*** | 9.4 | 27.9 |
| 1–3 admissions | 5467 | 58.9 | 13.3 | 27.9 |
| 4 or more admissions | 416 | 52.6* | 17.1 | 30.3 |
| White | 5090 | 60.4 | 12.1 | 27.5 |
| Asian/British Asian | 458 | 42.8*** | 23.4 | 33.8 |
| Black/Black British | 205 | 46.8*** | 16.6 | 36.6 |
| Mixed/other/not known | 450 | 50.0*** | 20.9 | 29.1 |
| Inpatient 1 | 2471 | 60.3 | 13.2 | 26.5 |
| Day case | 3732 | 56.4** | 14.0 | 29.6 |
| Children’s ward | 5569 | 57.9 | 13.9 | 28.2 |
| Adolescent ward | 342 | 64.0 | 9.9 | 26.0 |
| Adult ward 205 | 88 | 52.3 | 17.0 | 30.7 |
| Any procedure | 4172 | 59.3 | 12.4 | 28.3 |
| No procedure 84 | 1948 | 55.4** | 16.3 | 28.3 |
| Elective admission 1 | 3350 | 57.4 | 13.9 | 28.7 |
| Emergency admission | 2853 | 58.5 | 13.4 | 28.1 |
Column categories are based on responses to the item in the parent section of the survey ‘Who was the main person who answered the questions in the children and young people s section of the questionnaire?’
Where the proportion of CYP who responded independently differs significantly from the reference group (eg, females differ to males), this is indicated by *P<0·05, **P<0·01, ***P<0·001.
Where P values were between 0.001 and 0.05, exact values were as follows: 1–3 vs 4 or more admissions P=0.013; inpatient vs day case P=0.002; any vs no procedure P=0.004.
Row categories follow response options to each question in the survey.
Age, sex, ethnicity, type of admission were drawn from hospital records and had negligible missing data. Other characteristics were drawn from parent/carer responses, resulting in the following number of missing responses: presence of long-standing condition=957 (15.4%); any procedure=84 (1.4%); number of admissions=321 (5.2%); ward type=205 (3.3%).