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Table 1 Major socioeconomic characteristics of subjects

From: Validation study of the Chinese Early Development Instrument (CEDI)

 

N (%)

HKI (%)

YL (%)

p-value

Male

52 (34.4)

10 (15.2)

42 (49.4)

 

Females

99 (65.6)

56 (84.8)

43 (50.6)

< 0.001

Maternal Education^

    

  Low

13 (8.8)

0

13 (15.9)

< 0.001

  Medium

95 (64.2)

29 (43.9)

66 (80.5)

 

  High

40 (27.0)

37 (56.1)

3 (3.7)

 

Family Income (HK$)

   

< 0.001

  < 8000

18 (12.2)

0

18 (22.2)

 

  8000 ~ < 20,000

49 (33.3)

2 (3.0)

47 (58.0)

 

  20,000 ~< 80,000

60 (40.8)

45 (68.2)

15 (18.5)

 

  >= 80,000 > 80,000

20 (13.6)

19 (28.8)

1 (1.2)

 
  1. Note: ^ Maternal education was categorized into three levels: low = junior secondary education and below; medium = senior secondary education to associate degree; and high = Bachelor’s degree and above. The unequal sample size is due to missing data.