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Table 1 Demographic Characteristics of Children and Their Parents

From: Assessment of psychosocial functioning and its risk factors in children with pectus excavatum

Variables

Patient group

Control group

P

 

n =337

n =370

 

Children

   

   Age*

10.9(2.8)

11.0(2.5)

0.61

   Gender†

   

Male

266(78.9)

290(78.4)

0.95

Female

71(21.1)

80(21.6)

 

   Education†‡

   

Non-attendance

10(3.0)

6(1.6)

0.68

Primary school

232(68.8)

253(68.4)

 

Secondary school

95(28.2)

111(30.0)

 

Parents

   

   Age*

38.1(6.6)

38.5(7.4)

0.45

   Gender†

   

Male

143(42.4)

148(40.0)

0.51

Female

194 (57.6)

222(60.0)

 

   Marital status†

   

Marries

306(90.8)

332(89.7)

0.78

Divorced

30(8.9)

35(9.5)

 

Widowed

1(0.3)

3(0.8)

 

   Education†‡

   

Lower education

96(28.5)

101(27.3)

0.86

Intermediate education

138(40.9)

150(40.5)

 

Higher education

103(30.6)

119(32.2)

 

   Household income per year (RMB) †

   

<20000

72(21.4)

69(18.6)

0.67

20000-30000

185(54.9)

193(52.2)

 

>30000

80(23.7)

108(29.2)

 
  1. *Data given as mean (SD)
  2. †Values are presented as number (percentage)
  3. ‡Children's education in the Mainland China is a state-run system of public education. The government provides primary education for six years, starting at age 6 or 7, followed by six years of secondary education for ages 12 to 18. Some of the children aged 6 did not attend school.
  4. Parents' educational level is divided into lower, intermediate and higher education. Lower education then involves elementary education, general secondary education junior-level, lower vocational education; Intermediate education involves general secondary education-senior level, and vocational education-junior level; Higher education involves vocational education-senior level and university education.