Table 2.
Characteristics of families who declined participation before (PRE) vs. during or after (POST) an enrollment session
| N (%), unless noted* | Total (n=245) |
Before Consent (n=203) |
Time of Consent (n=42) |
p-value (95% CI)*** |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, Mean in years (SD) | 33.6 (4.5) | 33.3 (4.6) | 34.7 (3.5) | 0.448 (0.846–1.077) |
| Ethnicity | 0.428 (0.398–8.78) | |||
| Hispanic or Latino | 26 (14.7) | 23 (15.8) | 3 (9.7) | |
| Not Hispanic or Latino | 151 (85.3) | 123 (84.2) | 28 (90.3) | |
| Race** | 0.768 (0.232–2.547) | |||
| White | 150 (77.7) | 125 (78.1) | 25 (75.8) | |
| All Others | 43 (22.3) | 35 (21.9) | 8 (24.2) | |
| Education level | 0.131 (0.048–1.482) | |||
| Less than Bachelor’s | 45 (20.5) | 42 (23.3) | 3 (7.5) | |
| Bachelor’s or higher | 175 (79.5) | 138 (76.7) | 37 (92.5) | |
| Annual household income | 0.363 (0.254–1.651) | |||
| Less than $149,999 | 98 (59.0) | 85 (62.0) | 13 (44.8) | |
| More than $150,000 | 68 (41.0) | 52 (38.0) | 16 (55.2) | |
| First Child | 0.135 (0.202–1.239) | |||
| No | 111 (48.7) | 95 (50.8) | 16 (39.0) | |
| Yes | 117 (51.3) | 92 (49.2) | 25 (61.0) | |
| Study cohort | 0.452 (0.237–1.898) | |||
| Intensive Care Unit | 68 (27.8) | 58 (28.6) | 10 (23.8) | |
| Well Baby Nursery | 177 (72.2) | 145 (71.4) | 32 (76.2) |
*
Categories do not sum to column totals because of individual non-response.
**
Race All Others includes African American, Other, and More than one race.
***
CI=Confidence interval; P-value and CI based on multivariable logistic regression.