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Table 2 Characteristics of respondents and eligible non-respondents

From: A framework for measuring the cost to families of caring for children’s health: the design, methodology, and study population of the r-Kids study

 

Declined or no responsea

Consented and eligibleb

p-value

N

%

N

%

Number of people sampled

4,826

 

1,461

  

Health Group

    

 < 0.001

 ASD

1,458

30.2

564

38.6

 

 Asthma

1,676

34.7

468

32.0

 

 Control

1,692

35.1

429

29.4

 

Gender male (yes)

3,838

79.5

1,152

78.9

0.575

Race/ethnicity

    

 < 0.001

 White (non-Hispanic)

1,794

37.2

640

43.8

 

 Hispanic

947

19.6

246

16.8

 

 Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander

445

9.2

113

7.7

 

 Asian

692

14.3

172

11.8

 

 Black or African American

309

6.4

86

5.9

 

 Other or multiple race/ethnicity

232

4.8

90

6.2

 

 Unknown

407

8.4

114

7.8

 

Agec

    

0.060

 Early childhood (3–5 years)

1,009

20.9

337

23.1

 

 Middle childhood (6–11 years)

2,177

45.1

670

45.9

 

 Adolescent (12–17 years)

1,640

34.0

454

31.1

 

Indication of public insurance in 2 years prior to sample date (yes)

1,267

26.3

301

20.6

 < 0.001

  1. Chi-square tests were used to examine differences in the distribution between respondents and eligible non-respondents for each characteristic
  2. aIneligible families were not included in this group
  3. bData for this table was extracted from the EHR only. We chose not to use self-reported data for the respondents so the data source for both groups was the same
  4. cAge group for both groups is based on the date the sample was pulled