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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Patient Educ Couns. 2023 Jan 2;109:107620. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2022.107620

Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics of Demographics and Clinical Variables

All PVP (n = 59) Control (n = 53)

M (SD, Range) or Frequency (Percentage*)
Demographics
Age of caregiver at visit 36.1 (7.7, 20.4–63.1) 36.4 (7.4, 20.4–53) 35.8 (8.2, 22.8–63.1)
Sex
 Female 108 (96%) 58 (98%) 50 (94%)
 Male 4 (4%) 1 (2%) 3 (6%)
Race/ethnicity
   White, non-Hispanic 79 (74%) 46 (81%) 33 (66%)
   African American/Black, non-Hispanic 12 (11%) 7 (12%) 5 (10%)
   Hispanic/Latino(a) Only 6 (6%) 2 (4%) 4 (8%)
   Asian 3 (3%) 1 (2%) 2 (4%)
   American Indian, Native American, or Alaska Native 4 (4%) 0 (0%) 4 (8%)
   Other 3 (3%) 1 (2%) 2 (4%)
Child’s insurance status
 No insurance 3 (3%) 2 (3%) 1 (2%)
 Has insurance
  Private 39 (35%) 20 (34%) 19 (36%)
  Medicaid 58 (52%) 29 (49%) 29 (55%)
  Military 8 (7%) 4 (7%) 4 (8%)
  Private and Medicaid+ 3 (3%) 3 (5%) 0 (0%)
  Military and Medicaid+ 1 (1%) 1 (2%) 0 (0%)
Education
 High school or less 30 (29%) 14 (25%) 16 (33%)
 Some post-high school training 36 (35%) 15 (27%) 21 (44%)
 Bachelor’s degree 24 (23%) 16 (29%) 8 (17%)
 Master’s degree or above 14 (13%) 11 (20%) 3 (6%)
Marital status
 Married 66 (65%) 34 (62%) 32 (68%)
 Living with partner 7 (7%) 5 (9%) 2 (4%)
 Divorced 5 (5%) 3 (5%) 2 (4%)
 Separated 3 (3%) 2 (4%) 1 (2%)
 Widowed 1 (1%) 1 (2%) 0 (0%)
 Single, never married 20 (20%) 10 (18%) 10 (21%)
Work for pay
 Yes 63 (61%) 33 (59%) 30 (63%)
 No 41 (39%) 23 (41%) 18 (38%)
Income
 $5,000 – $24,999 33 (33%) 17 (30%) 16 (36%)
 $25,000 – $59,999 26 (26%) 14 (25%) 12 (27%)
 $60,000 – $119,999 24 (24%) 13 (23%) 11 (24%)
 $120,000 or more 18 (18%) 12 (21%) 6 (13%)
Age of child at visit 5.12 (4.04, 0.4–16.0) 4.4 (3.8, 0.4–15.0) 5.9 (4.2, 0.4–16.0)
Clinical Factors
Clinic
 Genetics 100 (89%) 52 (88%) 48 (91%)
 Neurology 12 (11%) 7 (12%) 5 (9%)
Study site
 Mission 34 (30%) 18 (31%) 16 (30%)
 UNC 78 (70%) 41 (69%) 37 (70%)
*

Percentages were calculated after excluding missing data.

+

Counted as Medicaid in analyses