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Table 1 Characteristics of the study respondents

From: Parental engagement in research on paediatric lower respiratory tract infections in Indonesia

Variable

Willing to let children participate in general health research

p

Willing to let children participate in LRTI research

p

Allowing invasive procedures for LRTI diagnosis

p

Total

(n = 1236)

N (%)

No

(n = 124)

N (%)

Yes

(n = 1112)

N (%)

No

(n = 693)

N (%)

Yes

(n = 543)

N (%)

No

(n = 336)

N (%)

Yes

(n = 900)

N (%)

Parents‡

          

Gender

  

0.690

  

0.032*

  

0.509

 

 Male

23 (18.5)

223 (20.1)

 

123 (17.7)

123 (22.7)

 

71 (21.1)

175 (19.4)

 

246 (19.9)

 Female

101 (81.5)

889 (79.9)

 

570 (82.3)

420 (77.3)

 

265 (78.9)

725 (80.6)

 

990 (80.1)

Age

  

0.751

  

0.809

  

0.307

 

 20–29

6 (4.8)

43 (3.9)

 

25 (3.6)

24 (4.4)

 

18 (5.4)

31 (3.4)

 

49 (4.0)

 30–39

64 (51.6)

617 (55.5)

 

379 (54.7)

302 (55.6)

 

174 (51.8)

507 (56.3)

 

681 (55.1)

 40–49

50 (40.3)

408 (36.7)

 

263 (38.0)

195 (35.9)

 

130 (38.7)

328 (36.4)

 

458 (37.1)

 50–65

4 (3.2)

44 (4.0)

 

26 (3.8)

22 (4.1)

 

14 (4.2)

34 (3.8)

 

48 (3.9)

Educational level (ISCED 11)

  

0.002*

  

< 0.001*

  

0.008*

 

 Basic + intermediate

33 (26.6)

459 (41.3)

 

238 (34.3)

254 (46.8)

 

154 (45.8)

338 (37.6)

 

492 (39.8)

 Advance

91 (73.4)

653 (58.7)

 

455 (65.7)

289 (53.2)

 

182 (54.2)

562 (62.4)

 

744 (60.2)

Marital status

  

0.557

  

0.269

  

0.018*

 

 Married

115 (92.7)

1046 (94.1)

 

645 (93.1)

516 (95)

 

307 (91.4)

854 (94.6)

 

1161 (93.9)

 Widowed

6 (4.8)

35 (3.1)

 

23 (4.0)

18 (2.4)

 

19 (5.7)

22 (2.4)

 

41 (3.3)

 Divorced

3 (2.4)

31 (2.8)

 

20 (2.9)

14 (2.6)

 

10 (3.0)

24 (2.7)

 

34 (2.8)

Total number of child/ children in the family

  

0.149

  

0.005

  

0.350

 

 1

23 (18.5)

184 (16.5)

 

120 (17.3)

87 (16.0)

 

65 (19.3)

142 (15.8)

 

207 (16.7)

 2

69 (55.6)

579 (52.1)

 

386 (55.7)

262 (48.3)

 

167 (49.7)

481 (53.4)

 

648 (52.4)

 3

26 (21.0)

280 (25.2)

 

150 (21.6)

156 (28.7)

 

80 (23.8)

226 (25.1)

 

306 (24.8)

 4

3 (2.4)

59 (5.3)

 

31 (4.5)

31 (5.7)

 

21 (6.3)

41 (4.6)

 

62 (5.0)

 5

3 (2.4)

6 (0.5)

 

6 (0.9)

3 (0.6)

 

3 (0.9)

6 (0.7)

 

9 (0.7)

 8

0 (0.0)

4 (0.4)

 

0 (0.0)

4 (0.7)

 

0 (0.0)

4 (0.4)

 

4 (0.3)

Occupation

  

0.067

  

0.100

  

0.406

 

 Laborer

1 (0.8)

38 (3.4)

 

19 (2.7)

20 (3.7)

 

15 (4.5)

24 (2.7)

 

39 (3.2)

 Homemakers

50 (40.3)

416 (37.4)

 

265 (38.2)

201 (37.0)

 

133 (39.6)

333 (37.0)

 

466 (37.7)

 Merchant

3 (2.4)

31 (2.8)

 

17 (2.5)

17 (3.1)

 

8 (2.4)

26 (2.9)

 

34 (2.8)

 Private employees

31 (25.0)

236 (21.2)

 

155 (22.4)

112 (20.6)

 

68 (20.2)

199 (22.1)

 

267 (21.6)

 Civil servant

5 (4.0)

58 (5.2)

 

39 (5.6)

24 (4.4)

 

16 (4.8)

47 (5.2)

 

63 (5.1)

 Health practitioner

8 (6.5)

62 (5.6)

 

44 (6.3)

26 (4.8)

 

24 (7.1)

46 (5.1)

 

70 (5.7)

 Education practitioner

6 (4.8)

35 (3.1)

 

26 (3.8)

15 (2.8)

 

9 (2.7)

32 (3.6)

 

41 (3.3)

 Soldier/ police

2 (1.6)

11 (1.0)

 

6 (0.9)

7 (1.3)

 

1 (0.3)

12 (1.3)

 

13 (1.1)

 Entrepreneur

12 (9.7)

73 (6.6)

 

53 (7.6)

32 (5.9)

 

24 (7.1)

61 (6.8)

 

85 (6.9)

 Other

6 (4.8)

152 (13.7)

 

69 (10.0)

89 (16.4)

 

38 (11.3)

120 (13.3)

 

158 (12.8)

Family income/ month (IDR)

  

0.386

  

0.028*

  

< 0.001*

 

 < 2,500,000

27 (21.8)

303 (27.2)

 

162 (23.4)

168 (30.9)

 

114 (33.9)

216 (24.0)

 

330 (26.7)

 2,500,000–5,000,000

53 (42.7)

418 (37.6)

 

268 (38.7)

203 (37.4)

 

125 (37.2)

346 (38.4)

 

471 (38.1)

 5,000,000–10,000,000

31 (25)

230 (20.7)

 

152 (21.9)

109 (20.1)

 

60 (17.9)

201 (22.3)

 

261 (21.1)

 10,000,000–20,000,000

8 (6.5)

113 (10.2)

 

75 (10.8)

46 (8.5)

 

19 (5.7)

102 (11.3)

 

121 (9.8)

 20,000,000–50,000,000

5 (4.0)

39 (3.5)

 

31 (4.5)

13 (2.4)

 

17 (5.1)

27 (3.0)

 

44 (3.6)

 > 50,000,000

0 (0.0)

9 (0.8)

 

5 (0.7)

4 (0.7)

 

1 (0.3)

8 (0.9)

 

9 (0.7)

Children

          

Gender

  

0.233

  

0.156

  

0.965

 

 Male

71 (57.3)

574 (51.6)

 

374 (54.0)

271 (49.9)

 

175 (52.1)

470 (52.2)

 

645 (52.2)

 Female

53 (42.7)

538 (48.4)

 

319 (46.0)

272 (50.1)

 

161 (47.9)

430 (47.8)

 

591 (47.8)

Age

  

0.094

  

< 0.001*

  

0.778

 

 1–5

12 (9.7)

65 (5.8)

 

58 (8.4)

19 (3.5)

 

22 (6.5)

55 (6.1)

 

77 (6.2)

 6–12

112 (90.3)

1047 (94.2)

 

635 (91.6)

524 (96.5)

 

314 (93.5)

845 (93.9)

 

1159 (93.8)

History of hospitalization due to LRTI

  

0.410

  

0.356

  

0.440

 

 No

119 (96.0)

1080 (97.1)

 

675 (97.4)

524 (96.5)

 

328 (97.6)

871 (96.8)

 

1199 (97.0)

 Yes

5 (4.0)

32 (2.9)

 

18 (2.6)

19 (3.5)

 

8 (2.4)

29 (3.2)

 

37 (3.0)

  1. ISCED-11: 2011 International Standard Classification of Education
  2. LRTI: Lower Respiratory Tract Infection
  3. *Variables analysed using Pearson’s chi-square test, p < 0.05
  4. †Variable analysed using Fisher’s exact test, p < 0.05
  5. ‡The responses were analysed per included child; 73 parents had more than one child included in this study