Table 2 Characteristics of survey participants and perceptions of arm’s reach pool supervision mean scores and standard deviations
From: Impact of caregiver swimming capability on perceptions of swimming pool supervision of toddlers
Category | n | % | Mean | SD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swimming capability* | Yes, easily (a) | 395 | 60.8 | 40.04 | 6.98 |
Yes, but it would be hard (b) | 208 | 32.0 | 37.82 | 6.38 | |
Probably not (b) | 28 | 4.3 | 37.29 | 9.06 | |
Definitely not (a) | 19 | 2.9 | 43.89 | 6.15 | |
Caregiver Relationship* | Parent (a) | 520 | 80.0 | 39.51 | 7.24 |
Grandparent (a) | 58 | 8.9 | 40.45 | 5.40 | |
Aunt/uncle/cousin (ab) | 44 | 6.8 | 38.09 | 5.56 | |
Sibling (b) | 28 | 4.3 | 35.50 | 5.95 | |
Gender* | Female | 248 | 38.2 | 40.33 | 6.95 |
Male | 402 | 62.1 | 38.71 | 6.95 | |
Age | 18–24 yrs | 23 | 3.5 | 38.74 | 5.86 |
25–34 yrs | 352 | 54.2 | 38.92 | 6.89 | |
35–44 yrs | 200 | 30.8 | 40.22 | 7.46 | |
45–54 yrs | 47 | 7.2 | 39.17 | 6.73 | |
55 yrs or older | 28 | 4.3 | 38.71 | 5.83 | |
Race/ethnicity | White | 461 | 70.9 | 39.13 | 6.76 |
Black | 118 | 18.2 | 38.92 | 7.78 | |
Asian | 18 | 2.8 | 42.06 | 6.26 | |
Mixed race | 22 | 3.4 | 41.64 | 6.13 | |
Hispanic/Latino | 31 | 4.8 | 40.52 | 7.77 | |
All caregivers | 650 | 100 | 39.32 | 6.99 |