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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the sample depending on administration mode

From: Effects of phone versus mail survey methods on the measurement of health-related quality of life and emotional and behavioural problems in adolescents

 

Mail survey

Phone survey

Parental Mean age (sd)

41.70 (5.48)

 

41.74 (5.49)

 

t - value

-.166 p = .868

Parental status

n

%

N

%

Mother

755

83.6

655

82.8

Father

137

15.2

130

16.4

Other

11

1.2

6

0.8

χ2 - value (df = 2)

0.727 p = .695

Marital status

n

%

N

%

married

688

76.4

644

81.4

widowed

9

1.0

7

0.9

living apart

97

10.8

78

9.9

divorced

35

3.9

23

2.9

single

71

7.9

39

6.5

χ2 - value (df = 4)

8.568 p = .073

Status of education

n

%

N

%

no graduation

20

2.2

8

1

elementary school

211

23.4

165

20.9

secondary school level

372

41.2

333

42.2

University entrance diploma

116

12.8

111

14.1

grad. of advanced technical college

82

9.1

70

8.9

university degree

102

11.3

103

13

χ2 - value (df = 5)

6.477 p = .263

Occupational Status

n

%

N

%

full time

319

35.5

267

33.8

part time

350

39.0

311

39.3

casual labour

37

4.1

47

5.9

out of work

35

3.9

32

4.0

homemaker/house husband

138

15.4

113

14.3

student/retiree

10

1.1

13

1.6

miscellaneous

9

1.0

8

1.0

χ2 - value (df = 6)

4.420 p = .620

Childrens mean age (sd)

13.38 (2.79)

 

13.32 (2.88)

 

t - value

.486 p = .627

Gender of the Child

n

%

n

%

Female

464

50.9

401

48.6

Male

448

49.1

424

51.4

χ2 - value (df = 1)

.894 p = .344

  1. Cases with sociodemographic and socio-economic information available