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Table 1 Study sample demographic characteristics

From: Efficacy of a mobile technology-based intervention for increasing parents’ safety knowledge and actions: a randomized controlled trial

 

Pretest

Posttest

Total samplea

IGa,b

CGa,c

Total samplea

IGa,b

CGa,c

n = 5032

n = 4182

n (%)

n = 850

n = 1053

n = 770

n (%)

n = 283

Age (years), mean (SD)

34.7 (7.5)

34.6 (7.4)

34.8 (7.7)

35.6 (7.5)

35.7 (7.7)

35.3 (6.7)

Number of children < 18 in household, mean (SD)

2.0 (1.0)

2.0 (1.0)

2.1 (1.0)

2.1 (1.1)

2.1 (1.1)

2.1 (1.1)

Gender

      

 Male

1614 (32.1)

1344 (32.1)

270 (31.8)

269 (25.6)

158 (20.5)

111 (39.2)

 Female

3418 (67.9)

2838 (67.9)

580 (68.3)

784 (74.5)

612 (79.5)

172 (60.8)

Index child age

      

 0–11 months

775 (15.4)

632 (15.1)

143 (16.8)

147 (14.0

116 (15.1)

31 (11.0)

 12–23 months

790 (15.7)

669 (16.0)

121 (14.2)

175 (16.6)

139 (18.1)

36 (12.7)

 2–4 years

1156 (23.0)

954 (22.8)

202 (23.8)

266 (25.3)

196 (25.5)

70 (24.7)

 5–9 years

1153 (22.9)

967 (23.1)

186 (21.9)

220 (20.9)

151 (19.6)

69 (24.4)

 10–12 years

1158 (23.0)

960 (23.0)

198 (23.3)

245 (23.3)

168 (21.8)

77 (27.2)

Child age

      

 Young only (< 5 years)

1254 (24.9)

1033 (24.7)

221 (26.0)

288 (27.4)

230 (29.9)

58 (20.5)

 Mix young and old

1521 (30.2)

1266 (30.3)

255 (30.0)

306 (29.1)

224 (29.1)

82 (29.0)

 Old only ( > = 5 years)

2257 (44.9)

1883 (45.0)

374 (44.0)

459 (43.6)

316 (41.0)

143 (50.5)

Race

      

 White

4147 (82.4)

3460 (82.7)

687 (80.8)

881 (83.7)

644 (83.6)

237 (83.8)

 Black

505 (10.0)

412 (9.9)

93 (10.9)

88 (8.4)

61 (7.9)

27 (9.5)

 Asian/Pacific Islander

213 (4.2)

163 (3.9)

50 (5.9)

53 (5.0)

38 (4.9)

15 (5.3)

 Native American or Alaskan

 Native

44 (0.9)

42 (1.0)

2 (0.2)

11 (1.0)

9 (1.2)

2 (0.7)

 Other

123 (2.4)

105 (2.5)

18 (2.1)

20 (1.9)

18 (2.3)

2 90.7)

Ethnicity

      

 Hispanic/Latino

695 (13.8)

573 (13.7)

122 (14.4)

128 (12.2)

83 (10.8)

45 (15.9)

 Non-Hispanic/Latino

4337 (86.2)

3609 (86.3)

728 (85.7)

925 (87.8)

687 (89.2)

238 (84.1)

Educationd

      

 ≤High school/GED

775 (15.4)

643 (15.4)

132 (15.5)

124 (11.8)

100 (13.0)

24 (8.5)

 Some college

1387 (27.6)

1155 (27.6)

232 (27.3)

314 (29.9)

253 (32.9)

61 (21.6)

 ≥Bachelor’s degree

2868 (57.0)

2382 (57.0)

486 (57.2)

614 (58.4)

416 (54.1)

198 (70.0)

Employment

      

 Full time

2953 (58.7)

2465 (58.9)

488 (57.4)

572 (54.3)

396 (51.4)

176 (62.2)

 Part time

572 (11.4)

474 (11.3)

98 (11.5)

122 (11.6)

84 (10.9)

38 (13.4)

 Stay at home parent

1182 (23.5)

969 (23.2)

213 (25.1)

307 (29.2)

250 (32.5)

57 (20.1)

 Not employed

114 (2.3)

99 (2.4)

15 (1.8)

20 (1.9)

14 (1.8)

6 (2.1)

 Other

211 (4.2)

175 (4.2)

36 (4.3)

32 (3.0)

26 (3.4)

6 (2.1)

Incomee,f

      

 < $20,000

341 (6.9)

279 (6.8)

62 (7.5)

52 (5.1)

43 (5.7)

9 (3.3)

 $20,000–$39,999

863 (17.5)

747 (18.1)

116 (14.1)

173 (16.8)

143 (19.0)

30 (10.8)

 $40,000–$59,999

854 (17.3)

699 (17.0)

155 (18.8)

200 (19.4)

157 (20.9)

43 (15.5)

 $60,000–$79,999

1048 (21.2)

897 (21.8)

151 (18.4)

208 (20.2)

152 (20.2)

56 (20.2)

 ≥ $80,000

1839 (37.2)

1500 (36.4)

339 (41.2)

397 (38.5)

258 (34.3)

139 (50.2)

Livability (ability to make ends meet)g

      

 With great difficult

393 (7.9)

343 (8.3)

50 (6.0)

49 (4.7)

37 (4.9)

12 (4.3)

 With difficulty

491 (9.9)

410 (9.9)

81 (9.6)

96 (9.2)

78 (10.3)

18 (6.4)

 Just get by

1801 (36.2)

1502 (36.3)

299 (35.6)

429 (41.2)

328 (43.2)

101 (35.9)

 Easily

1601 (32.2)

1320 (31.9)

281 (33.5)

336 (32.3)

235 (30.9)

101 (35.9)

 Very easily

692 (13.9)

563 (13.6)

129 (15.4)

131 (12.6)

82 (10.8)

49 (17.4)

Home ownership

      

 Own

3391 (67.4)

2806 (67.1)

585 (68.8)

729 (69.2)

507 (65.8)

222 (78.5)

 Rent

1567 (31.1)

1316 (31.5)

251 (29.5)

310 (29.4)

250 (32.5)

60 (21.2)

 Other

74 (1.5)

60 (1.4)

14 (1.7)

14 (1.3)

13 (1.7)

1 (0.4)

  1. aSome categories do not total 100% because of rounding.
  2. bIG = Intervention group
  3. cCG = Control group
  4. dThere are missing education levels for pretest: total sample (n = 2), IG (n = 2), and for posttest: total sample (n = 1), IG (n = 1)
  5. eThere are missing income values for pretest: total sample (n = 87), IG (n = 60), CG (n = 27), and for posttest: total sample (n = 23), IG (n = 17), CG (n = 6)
  6. fAt pre-test, p < 0.01; At post-test, p < 0.0001
  7. gThere are missing livability values for pretest: total sample (n = 54), IG (n = 44), CG (n = 10), and for posttest: total sample (n = 12), IG (n = 10), CG (n = 2)