Table 1 Demographic characteristics of participants (n = 401)
From: Parenting sense of competence among chinese parents of premature infants: a cross-sectional study
Variables | N (%) | Medium (Q1, Q3) | P |
|---|---|---|---|
Gender | |||
Male | 184 (45.90) | 69.00 (64.00, 81.00) | Z = -2.069, P = 0.039* |
female | 217 (54.10) | 67.00 (61.00, 77.00) | |
Baby gender | |||
boy | 237 (59.10) | 68.00 (61.00, 80.00) | Z = -0.583, P = 0.560 |
girl | 164 (40.90) | 69.00 (63.00, 78.00) | |
Multiple Birth | |||
No | 311 (77.60) | 68.00 (62.00, 77.00) | Z = -1.259, P = 0.208 |
Yes | 90 (22.40) | 69.50 (61.75, 86.00) | |
Type of delivery | |||
Normal vaginal delivery (NVD) | 176 (43.90) | 68.00 (61.00, 76.75) | Z = -0.563, P = 0.574 |
Cesarean section | 225 (56.10) | 69.00 (62.00, 80.50) | |
Gestation age at birth | |||
< 24 to < 34 | 172 (42.90) | 67.00 (60.25, 77.00) | Z = -1.836, P = 0.066 |
≥ 34 to < 37 | 229 (57.10) | 69.00 (63.00, 81.00) | |
Time since discharge (d) a | |||
≤ 7 | 104 (25.90) | 68.50 (63.00, 77.75) | H = 9.496, P = 0.023* |
>7 to ≤ 20 | 98 (24.40) | 67.50 (62.00, 82.50) | |
>20 to ≤ 40 | 105 (26.20) | 72.00 (62.00,82.50) | |
>40 | 94 (23.40) | 66.00 (59.00,73.00) | |
Length of hospital stay (d) a | |||
≤ 7 | 124 (30.90) | 68.00 (62.00, 81.00) | H = 1.989, P = 0.575 |
>7 to ≤ 14 | 115 (28.70) | 70.00 (62.00, 79.00) | |
>14 to ≤ 30 | 75 (18.70) | 67.00 (60.00, 77.00) | |
>30 | 87 (21.70) | 67.00 (62.00, 77.00) | |
Birth weight (g) | |||
< 1500 | 80 (20.00) | 67.50 (63.00, 79.75) | H = 0.309, P = 0.857 |
≥ 1500 to < 2500 | 227 (56.60) | 68.00 (62.00, 77.00) | |
≥ 2500 | 94 (23.40) | 69.00 (60.75, 81.00) | |
Mode of conception | |||
Natural conception | 338 (84.30) | 68.00 (61.75, 78.00) | Z = -1.082, P = 0.279 |
Other b | 63 (15.70) | 69.00 (63.00, 87.00) | |
Infant feeding pattern | |||
Exclusive breastfeeding | 154 (38.40) | 70.00 (63.00, 81.00) | H = 5.178, P = 0.075 |
Partial breastfeeding | 168 (41.90) | 68.00 (62.00, 77.00) | |
Bottle feeding | 79 (19.70) | 65.00 (60.00, 79.00) | |
Family per capita monthly income (CNY) | |||
≤ 3000 | 76 (19.00) | 66.00 (61.00, 72.00) | H = 14.224, P = 0.003** |
>3000 to ≤ 5000 | 151 (37.70) | 67.00 (61.00, 78.00) | |
>5000 to ≤ 8000 | 124 (30.90) | 68.50 (63.00, 84.75) | |
>8000 | 50 (12.50) | 74.50 (67.00, 84.00) | |
Family type | |||
nuclear family | 58 (14.50) | 72.00 (65.00, 78.25) | Z = -1.339, P = 0.181 |
Extended family | 343 (85.50) | 68.00 (61.00, 79.00) | |
First time parent | |||
Yes | 243 (60.60) | 68.00 (61.00, 78.00) | Z = -0.457, P = 0.648 |
NO | 158 (39.40) | 68.50 (62.00, 79.00) | |
Age | |||
≤ 25 | 27 (6.70) | 64.00 (59.00, 70.00) | H = 4.856, P = 0.183 |
>25 to ≤ 30 | 127 (31.70) | 67.00 (61.00, 85.00) | |
>30 to ≤ 35 | 163 (40.60) | 69.00 (62.00, 78.00) | |
>35 | 84 (20.90) | 69.50 (64.00, 80.75) | |
Education degree | |||
Junior middle school or below | 72 (18.0) | 66.00 (61.00, 71.75) | H = 8.796, P = 0.032* |
High school or technical secondary school | 77 (19.20) | 67.00 (62.00, 74.50) | |
Tertiary | 83 (20.70) | 68.00 (61.00, 80.00) | |
university or above | 169 (42.10) | 71.00 (62.50, 83.00) | |
Occupational status c | |||
Non-public officials | 163 (40.60) | 67.00 (61.00, 74.00) | Z = -1.915, P = 0.056 |
Public officials | 238 (59.40) | 69.00 (62.00, 81.00) | |
Parenting experience | |||
No | 256 (63.80) | 68.00 (61.00, 78.00) | Z= -0.297, P = 0.767 |
Yes | 145 (36.20) | 68.00 (62.00, 79.00) | |
Spouse’s age | |||
≤ 25 | 90 (22.40) | 67.00 (60.00, 77.25) | H = 3.416, P = 0.332 |
>25 to ≤ 30 | 66 (16.50) | 67.50 (64.00, 79.00) | |
>30 to ≤ 35 | 154 (38.40) | 68.00 (61.00, 78.00) | |
>35 | 91 (22.70) | 71.00 (64.00, 80.00) | |
Spouse’s education degree | |||
Junior middle school or below | 70 (17.50) | 66.00 (61.75, 72.00) | H = 17.388, P < 0.001*** |
High school or technical secondary school | 84 (20.90) | 65.50 (59.25, 71.75) | |
Tertiary | 88 (21.90) | 67.50 (62.00, 80.75) | |
university or above | 159 (39.70) | 72.00 (64.00, 82.00) | |
Spouse’s occupational status | |||
Non-public officials c | 168 (41.90) | 67.00 (61.00, 73.00) | Z = -2.782, P = 0. 005** |
Public officials | 233 (58.10) | 70.00 (63.00, 81.00) | |
Spouse’s parenting experience | |||
No | 254 (63.30) | 68.00 (61.00, 78.00) | Z = -0.417, P = 0. 677 |
Yes | 147 (36.70) | 68.00 (62.00, 79.00) | |