Table 1 Selected factors and family member involvement with Espiritismo and/or Santeria at baseline by site
From: Espiritismo and Santeria: a gateway to child mental health services among Puerto Rican families?
Sample characteristics | Family member involvement with Espiritismo and/or Santeria | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
South Bronx | Puerto Rico | |||||
No (n = 1077) | Yes (n = 58) | p value | No (n = 1298) | Yes (n = 52) | p value | |
% | Â | 5.02 | Â | Â | 3.64 | 0.1501 |
Gender (%) | ||||||
 Female | 49.2 | 44.7 | 0.562a | 48.6 | 57.6 | 0.297a |
Age [mean (SE)] | 9.25 (0.08) | 8.9 (0.34) | 0.315b | 9.14 (0.08) | 10.01 (0.33) | 0.024b |
Maternal education (%) | ||||||
 < High school | 46.8 | 39.4 |  | 24.7 | 17.5 |  |
 High school | 43.1 | 46.8 |  | 43.2 | 43.6 |  |
 College | 10.2 | 13.8 | 0.519a | 32.1 | 38.9 | 0.543a |
Parental nativity (%) | ||||||
 Both Puerto Rican | 30.2 | 18.5 |  | 79.5 | 91.5 |  |
 One American | 69.8 | 81.5 | 0.056a | 20.5 | 8.5 | 0.047a |
Any child psychiatric diagnosis (%) | ||||||
 Yes | 8.7 | 6.3 | 0.526a | 9.1 | 24.7 | 0.003a |
Child impaired functioning (C-GAS) (%) | ||||||
 < 69 | 15.1 | 18.9 | 0.434a | 15.7 | 19.8 | 0.481a |
Parental probable psychopathology (%) | ||||||
 Yes | 32.5 | 63.1 | < 0.001a | 38.2 | 67.1 | 0.001a |
Parental social support [mean (SE)] | 1.07 (0.02) | 0.92 (0.07) | 0.024b | 1.80 (0.02) | 1.74 (0.04) | 0.351b |
Health service use past 12Â m [mean (SE)] | 3.32 (0.12) | 4.11 (0.61) | 0.212b | 3.79 (0.13) | 4.20 (0.59) | 0.554b |