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Table 1 Characteristics of study sample

From: Psychological health of family caregivers of children admitted at birth to a NICU and healthy children: a population-based cross-sectional survey

 

Group; no. (%) of subjects

 

NICU

N = 1135

Comparison

N = 393

   Biological parent1

1091 (97.7)

389 (99.5)

   Female1

1070 (95.4)

383 (98.0)

   Married/common-law

962 (85.9)

344 (87.8)

Age of parent, years

  

   19–29

195 (17.8)

61 (15.7)

   30–39

704 (64.1)

265 (68.3)

   ≥ 40

199 (18.1)

62 (16.0)

Education level

  

University

373 (33.4)

146 (37.4)

Trade/technical school or community college

494 (44.3)

176 (45.1)

High school graduation

185 (16.6)

50 (12.8)

No high school diploma

64 (5.7)

18 (4.6)

Household income, $2

511 (48.1)

136 (3)

<30,000

247 (23.3)

58 (15.5)

30 – 49,999

264 (24.9)

78 (20.8)

50 – 79,999

333 (31.4)

145 (38.7)

80 >

218 (20.5)

94 (25.1)

Male children in the sample

633 (55.8)

198 (50.6)

Age of child, years

  

   3 years

784 (69.3)

253 (64.4)

   4 years

328 (29.0)

134 (34.1)

   5 years

19 (1.7)

6 (1.5)

  1. 1p < .05 (chi-square, Fischer's exact test); 2p = .0018 (chi-square)