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Table 1 Caregiver and Child Characteristics

From: Changes in psychosocial functioning among urban, school-age children during the COVID-19 pandemic

 

N (%)

Total

168 (100)

Child age

 Mean (SD)

8.5 (1.8)

Child sex

 Male

96 (58)

 Female

72 (43)

Child race/ethnicity

 Non-Hispanic Black

91 (54)

 Hispanic

48 (29)

 Non-Hispanic White

9 (5)

 Other

3 (2)

 Unknown

17(10)

Caregiver preferred language

 English

132 (79)

 Haitian Creole

27 (16)

 Spanish

9 (5)

Child insurance

 Public

116 (69)

 Commercial

46 (27)

 Health Safety-Net/Uninsured

6 (4)

School assignment completion since March 2020

 Little or None

19 (11)

 Some

32 (19)

 Most or all

111 (66)

 Unknown

6 (4)

Change in screen time due to COVID-19

 Much less

6 (4)

 Somewhat less

2 (1)

 About the same

15 (9)

 Somewhat more

36 (21)

 Much more

103 (61)

 Unknown

6 (4)

Exposure to COVID-19 media

 No

70 (42)

 Yes

93 (55)

 Unknown

5 (3)

Child knows someone who contracted COVID-19

 No

123 (73)

 Yes

40 (24)

 Unknown

5 (3)

Caregiver depression (PHQ-2)

 Negative (< 3)

127 (76)

 Positive (≥ 3)

33 (20)

 Unknown

8 (5)

Caregiver anxiety (GAD-2)

 Negative (< 3)

113 (67)

 Positive (≥ 3)

46 (27)

 Unknown

9 (5)

  1. SD standard deviation, PHQ-2 Patient Health Questionnaire, 2-item version, GAD-2 Generalized Anxiety Disorder Screener, 2-item version