Table 1 Associations between household background factors and parental attitudes
Household background factors | Responses | Care for child | Leave from work | Permit out-of-home activity | Acceptable duration of school closure (days) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 1510) | No | (%) | Yes | (%) | P | No | (%) | Yes | (%) | P | No | (%) | Yes | (%) | P | Median | 25% | 75% | P# | ||
392 | 1118 | 1003 | 507 | 567 | 943 | ||||||||||||||||
School affiliation | |||||||||||||||||||||
Kindergarten | 68 | 1 | (1.5) | 67 | (98.5) | <0.001 | 60 | (88.2) | 8 | (11.8) | <0.001 | 22 | (32.4) | 46 | (67.6) | 0.013 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 0.183 | |
Elementary school | 723 | 137 | (18.9) | 586 | (81.1) | 458 | (63.3) | 265 | (36.7) | 247 | (34.2) | 476 | (65.8) | 4 | 3 | 5 | |||||
Junior high school | 686 | 249 | (36.3) | 437 | (63.7) | 468 | (68.2) | 218 | (31.8) | 288 | (42.0) | 398 | (58.0) | 4 | 3 | 5 | |||||
Special education needs school | 33 | 5 | (15.2) | 28 | (84.8) | 17 | (51.5) | 16 | (48.5) | 10 | (30.3) | 23 | (69.7) | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||
Type of work activity | |||||||||||||||||||||
Other than both working | 589 | 11 | (1.9) | 578 | (98.1) | <0.001 | 507 | (86.1) | 82 | (13.9) | <0.001 | 210 | (35.7) | 379 | (64.3) | 0.224 | 5 | 3 | 7 | <0.001 | |
Both working* | 921 | 381 | (41.4) | 540 | (58.6) | 496 | (53.9) | 425 | (46.1) | 357 | (38.8) | 564 | (61.2) | 3 | 3 | 5 | |||||
Family structure | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nuclear family | 1297 | 373 | (28.8) | 924 | (71.2) | <0.001 | 872 | (67.2) | 425 | (32.8) | 0.101 | 476 | (36.7) | 821 | (63.3) | 0.093 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0.037 | |
Family including grandparent or others | 213 | 19 | (8.9) | 194 | (91.1) | 131 | (61.5) | 82 | (38.5) | 91 | (42.7) | 122 | (57.3) | 5 | 3 | 7 | |||||
Having older sibling | |||||||||||||||||||||
No | 919 | 229 | (24.9) | 690 | (75.1) | 0.250 | 604 | (65.7) | 315 | (34.3) | 0.472 | 321 | (34.9) | 598 | (65.1) | 0.009 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0.331 | |
Yes | 591 | 163 | (27.6) | 428 | (72.4) | 399 | (67.5) | 192 | (32.5) | 246 | (41.6) | 345 | (58.4) | 4 | 3 | 5 | |||||
Awareness of technical term for school closure | |||||||||||||||||||||
No | 1346 | 352 | (26.2) | 994 | (73.8) | 0.627 | 901 | (66.9) | 445 | (33.1) | 0.225 | 494 | (36.7) | 852 | (63.3) | 0.051 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0.027 | |
Yes | 164 | 40 | (24.4) | 124 | (75.6) | 102 | (62.2) | 62 | (37.8) | 73 | (44.5) | 91 | (55.5) | 5 | 3 | 7 | |||||