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Table 3 Child characteristics reported at the first survey by health group

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

 

Overall

ASD

Asthma

Control

p-value

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Consented and eligible

1461

564

468

429

 

Gender: Male (yes)

1152 (78.9)

430 (76.2)

375 (80.1)

347 (80.9)

0.148

Agea

    

0.176

 Early childhood (3–5 years)

326 (22.3)

128 (22.7)

90 (19.2)

108 (25.2)

 

 Middle childhood (6–11 years)

666 (45.6)

246 (43.6)

224 (47.9)

196 (45.7)

 

 Adolescent (12–17 years)

469 (32.1)

190 (33.7)

154 (32.9)

125 (29.1)

 

Race/Ethnicityb (n = 1444)

    

0.002

 White (non-Hispanic)

621 (43)

245 (44.3)

181 (38.8)

195 (45.9)

 

 Hispanic

313 (21.7)

134 (24.2)

101 (21.7)

78 (18.4)

 

 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

128 (8.9)

28 (5.1)

58 (12.4)

42 (9.9)

 

 Asian

141 (9.8)

55 (9.9)

47 (10.1)

39 (9.2)

 

 Black or African American

57 (3.9)

22 (4)

24 (5.2)

11 (2.6)

 

 Other or multiple race/ethnicity

184 (12.7)

69 (12.5)

55 (11.8)

60 (14.1)

 

Insurance type (N = 1307)

    

 < 0.001

 Private

883 (67.6)

322 (65.4)

273 (64.8)

288 (73.1)

 

 Public

340 (26)

154 (31.3)

123 (29.2)

63 (16)

 

 Uninsured

84 (6.4)

16 (3.3)

25 (5.9)

43 (10.9)

 
  1. Data for this table was preferentially from the respondent-reported survey responses. For 187 children, missing race/ethnicity data was supplemented from the EHR data. For gender and age, the percentages presented are based on N = 1461
  2. Chi-square tests were used to examine differences in the distribution between health groups (ASD, Asthma, Control) for each characteristic
  3. aAge group is based on child age the date the baseline survey was completed
  4. bRace/ethnicity was assigned as follows: If Hispanic ethnicity was reported, the child was categorized as Hispanic. For the remaining children, if Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander was chosen, the child was categorized as Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander. The next categorization was of more than one race/ethnicity. The remaining uncategorized children were categorized as White, Black, or Asian