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Table 1 Participants’ baseline information

From: Perceptions and observations of shared decision making during pediatric otolaryngology surgical consultations

 

Parent

Child

Age (mean years for parents; mean months for children)

Female: 33.16 (range 19–44, SD 5.0)

35.02 (range 8–72, SD 15.5)

Male: 35.33 (range 19–53, SD 6.1)

Sex

Female: 92

Girls: 43

Male: 25

Boys: 74

Marital Status

Married or common-law: 104

Not married: 22

Ethnicity

Caucasian: 105

African Canadian: 6

Other: 6

Parent Education

High school or less: 19

College/undergraduate: 70

Graduate degree or higher: 27

Household Income (Canadian dollars)

Less than $20,000: 6

$20,000–$50,000: 21

$51,000–$100,000: 54

More than $100,000: 38

  1. SD-standard deviation