TABLE 1—
Outcomes and Demographics of Parents and Children Among 3 Groups in a Parent-Based Intervention to Improve Child Restraint System (CRS) Use: Shantou and Chaozhou, China, May 2016–January 2017
| Items | CRS Education Only (n = 45), No. (%) | CRS Education Plus Hands-on CRS Installation Training (n = 51), No. (%) | Control (n = 54), No. (%) | P |
| Intervention outcomes | ||||
| CRS use | .035a,b | |||
| Yes | 12 (26.7) | 21 (41.2) | 10 (18.5) | |
| No | 33 (73.3) | 30 (58.8) | 44 (81.5) | |
| Child passenger safety awarenessc | ||||
| Preintervention | (54.1) | (54.3) | (54.3) | |
| Postintervention | (80.7) | (86.3) | (69.8) | |
| Differenced | (26.7) | (32.0) | (15.4) | |
| Demographics | ||||
| Parent gender | .93 | |||
| Male | 11 (24.4) | 13 (25.5) | 15 (27.8) | |
| Female | 34 (75.6) | 38 (74.5) | 39 (72.2) | |
| Parent age, y | .10 | |||
| ≤ 35 | 27 (60.0) | 39 (76.5) | 42 (77.8) | |
| > 35 | 18 (40.0) | 12 (23.5) | 12 (22.2) | |
| Parent education level | .40 | |||
| ≤ high school | 22 (48.9) | 20 (39.2) | 28 (51.9) | |
| ≥ college | 23 (51.1) | 31 (60.8) | 26 (48.1) | |
| Family monthly income, yuan | .08 | |||
| ≤ 5000 | 10 (22.2) | 16 (31.4) | 7 (13.0) | |
| > 5000 | 35 (77.8) | 35 (68.6) | 47 (87.0) | |
| No. of children in family | .28 | |||
| 1 | 22 (48.9) | 22 (43.1) | 18 (33.3) | |
| ≥ 2 | 23 (51.1) | 29 (56.9) | 36 (66.7) | |
| Child gender | .28 | |||
| Male | 20 (44.4) | 31 (60.8) | 29 (53.7) | |
| Female | 25 (55.6) | 20 (39.2) | 25 (46.3) | |
| Child age, y | .39 | |||
| ≤ 4 | 28 (62.2) | 38 (74.5) | 35 (64.8) | |
| > 4 | 17 (37.8) | 13 (25.5) | 19 (35.2) | |
a
CRS education only group was not statistically significant (P = .33) compared with the control group.
b
CRS education plus hands-on CRS installation training group was statistically significant (P = .011) compared with the control group.
c
This was based on percentage of the correct responses to the 4 child passenger safety items.
d
Differences in rating before and after intervention.