Health-related quality of life from the perspective of children with severe specific language impairment

Table 1 Descriptive statistics for study participants

Child characteristics
Age range	Mean age	Males	Females
5–16 years	8.79 years	n = 35 (81 %)	n = 8 (19 %)
Proxy characteristics
Proxy-reporter	Tertiary qualification	Unemployed	Employment classification^c
Mother	n = 11 (32 %)^a	n = 15 (36 %)^b	Managers (3, 7.1 %)
n = 43 (100 %)			Professionals (29.3)
			Technicians & trades workers (1, 2.4 %)
			Community & personal service workers (4, 9.8 %)
			Clerical & administrative workers (4, 9.8 %)
			Labourer (1, 2.4 %)

^athirty-four mothers (34/43, 79.1 %) provided their educational level
^bone mother (1/43, 2.3 %) did not provide her employment status
^cas per the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations Major Group Classifications [31]

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