Attitudes of U.S. Hispanic and non-Hispanic women toward congenital CMV prevention behaviors: a cross sectional study

Table 2 Self-Reported pre-survey frequency of participation in select cytomegalovirus (CMV) risk behaviors^a

	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic	p-value^b
	N = 405	N = 413
	Mean^c (95% CI)		p-value
Share the same cup with your child	2.67 [2.53, 2.81]	2.71 [2.58, 2.85]	0.65
Share eating utensils (fork or spoon) with your child	2.87 [2.73, 3.01]	3.08 [2.95, 3.22]	0.04
Share food with your child (take bites from the same food)	3.35 [3.21, 3.48]	3.50 [3.37, 3.63]	0.11
Kiss your child on their lips	3.27 [3.12, 3.42]	3.59 [3.44, 3.74]	0.004

^aRespondent’s were asked to rate their frequency of participation in CMV risk behaviors using the following question stem: When your youngest child was in diapers how often did you do each of the following? (If your youngest child is still in diapers, think about what you currently do)
^bp-values derived from a t-test for the difference in means between Hispanic and non-Hispanic respondents
^cFrequency of behaviors were reported on a 5-point Likert scale where 1 = Never and 5 = every day. Higher mean values indicate greater frequency of participation in CMV risk behaviors

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