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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the sample

From: How does the EQ-5D-Y Proxy version 1 perform in 3, 4 and 5-year-old children?

Age group

 

3 years (n = 105)

4 years (n = 98)

5 years (n = 118)

Total (n = 321)

  

N (%*)

N (%*)

N (%*)

N (%**)

Relationship of caregiver to child

Mother

88 (84)

77 (79)

93 (79)

257 (80)

Father

12 (11)

17 (17)

13 (11)

42 (13)

Other

5 (5)

4 (4)

12 (10)

22 (7)

Gender of Child

Female

47 (45)

54 (55)

50 (42)

151 (47)

Health Condition of child

Acutely-ill

 

41 (39)

46 (47)

41 (35)

128 (40)

Chronically-ill

 

32 (30.5)

23 (23)

46 (39)

101 (31)

General population

 

32 (30.5)

29 (30)

31 (26)

92 (29)

  1. *% of age group, **% of total sample. The chi-square statistic is 2.024; p-value 0.730 for health condition of the child across age groups. The result is not significant at p < 0.05