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. 2020 Aug 20;20:392. doi: 10.1186/s12887-020-02297-1

Table 2.

Participant Demographic (N = 987)

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4
n = 329 n = 185 n = 304 n = 169
Child Gender n % n % n % n %
 Male 155 47.1% 93 50.3% 153 50.3% 76 45.0%
 Females 174 52.9% 92 49.7% 151 49.7% 93 55.0%
Child Ethnicity
 Caucasian 180 57.3% 110 60.1% 153 52.6% 66 44.6%
 First Nations 35 11.1% 15 8.2% 25 8.6% 16 10.8%
 South and West Asians 26 8.3% 16 8.7% 27 9.3% 20 13.5%
 Latin American 7 2.2% 4 2.2% 12 4.1% 5 3.4%
 East and Southeast Asians 15 4.8% 12 6.6% 22 7.6% 11 7.4%
 Mixed 41 13.1% 16 8.7% 36 12.4% 21 14.2%
 Other (Arab, Black) 10 3.2% 10 5.5% 16 5.5% 9 6.1%
Household Income
  < $28,000 58 21.6% 32 19.8% 38 15.3% 34 25.6%
 $28,000 - $40,999 41 15.3% 26 16.0% 50 20.2% 28 21.1%
 $41,000 - $58,999 62 23.1% 32 19.8% 47 19.0% 21 15.8%
  ≥ $59,000 107 39.9% 72 44.4% 113 45.6% 50 37.6%
Single Parent
 Non-single parent family 216 70.6% 134 76.6% 196 71.0% 102 69.9%
 Single parent family 90 29.4% 41 23.4% 80 29.0% 44 30.1%
Parent Education
 High school or less 82 27.7% 7 4.9% 7 3.3% 21 14.9%
 Community college, trade school 123 41.6% 87 61.3% 126 59.7% 74 52.5%
 University or above 91 30.7% 48 33.8% 78 37.0% 46 32.6%

Note: a Child ethnicity missing or undisclosed data: year 1: n = 15, year 2: = 2, year 3: n = 13, year 4: n = 21; b Household Income missing or undisclosed data: year 1: n = 61, year 2: = 23, year 3: n = 56, year 4: n = 36; c Single parent missing or undisclosed data: year 1: n = 23, year 2: = 10, year 3: n = 28, year 4: n = 23; d Parent education missing or undisclosed data: year 1: n = 33, year 2: = 30, year 3: n = 62, year 4: n = 28