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Table 4 Unweighted Sample Demographics of Efficacy Study Participants Who Completed All Five Survey Waves

From: Impact of a parent-child sexual communication campaign: results from a controlled efficacy trial of parents

TOTAL (N= 985)

Mothers (N= 548)

Fathers (N= 437)

Baseline Demographic Variable

Control ( N = 184)

Normal Treatment ( N = 175)

Booster Treatment ( N = 189)

Control ( N = 197)

Treatment ( N = 240)

Average parent age

43

42.8

41.6

44.9

44.7

Average child age

12.2

12.2

12.0

12.2

12.3

Parent education

     

Less than high school

1.1%

1.7%

1.6%

3.1%

1.7%

High school graduate

14.7%

13.7%

10.1%

15.2%

13.3%

Some college

36.4%

40.6%

42.3%

30.0%

34.2%

Bachelors degree+

47.8%

44.0%

46.0%

51.8%

50.8%

Race/ethnicity

     

White

86.4%

84.6%

85.7%

88.3%

90.0%

African American

7.1%

9.7%

7.9%

1.0%

3.8%

Hispanic

3.3%

4.0%

3.7%

3.1%

2.9%

Other

3.3%

1.7%

2.7%

7.6%

3.3%

Child gender

     

Male

47.3%

49.1%

50.8%

60.9%

54.2%

Female

52.7%

50.9%

49.2%

39.1%

45.8%

Employment status

     

Full-time

50.3%

44.8%

50.8%

85.6%

88.3%

Part-time

24.0%

24.4%

25.7%

3.1%

2.9%

Not employed

25.7%

30.8%

23.5%

11.3%

8.8%

  1. Note: Five survey waves = baseline and 4 weeks, 6 months, 12 months, and 18 months post-baseline. Normal treatment = Exposed to core PSUNC messages; Booster treatment = Exposed to core plus additional PSUNC messages.