Skip to main content

Table 2 Frequencies or mean values for demographic variables in participating and non-participating groups

From: Methodological challenges in following up patients of a hospital child protection team: is there a recruitment bias?

Variable

Complete participation

Telephone interview

Refusal

No contact

χ 2 test or ANOVA

 

(n = 42)

(n = 39)

(n = 50)

(n = 49)

χ 2 (df) or F (df)

p

Gender (%)

      

   Female

24 (57)

19 (49)

25 (50)

30 (61)

1.95 (3)

0.584

   Male

18 (43)

20 (51)

25 (50)

19 (39)

  

Age at follow-up (SD)

8.4 (3.8)

9.9 (3.6)

8.0 (4.4)

8.5 (4.4)

1.80 (3)

0.149

Citizenship (%)

      

   Swiss

23 (55)

29 (74)

41 (82)

23 (47)

16.67 (3)

0.001***

   Foreign nationality

19 (45)

10 (26)

9 (18)

26 (53)

  

Family status (%)

      

   Two caregivers

26 (65)

22 (59)

25 (53)

27 (56)

0.46 (3)1

0.928

   Single caregiver

13 (32)

15 (41)

15 (32)

17 (35)

  

   Out-of-home placement1

1 (3)

0 (0)

7 (15)

4 (8)

  

Place of residence (%)

      

   City of Zurich

15 (36)

12 (31)

14 (28)

25 (51)

6.57 (3)

0.087

   Outside of city of Zurich

27 (64)

27 (69)

36 (72)

24 (49)

  

Moves (%)

      

   Has not moved

27 (64)

29 (74)

36 (72)

31 (63)

1.86 (3)

0.601

   Moved

15 (36)

10 (26)

14 (28)

18 (37)

  
  1. Note. Percentages are added in columns; 1 the out-of-home-placement category was excluded from χ2test, as too many cell counts were below 5; ***p < .001.