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Table 1 Demographic information for mothers who participated in Phase 4 (n = 128 )

From: Initial development and psychometric testing of an instrument to measure the quality of children’s end-of-life care

 

Number (%)

Mothers’ mean age (SD)

36.5 years (8.3)

Marital status

Married

103 (80.5)

Divorced/Separated

12 (9.4)

Never married

11 (8.6)

Widowed

2 (1.6)

Education

High school diploma or less

22 (17.2)

Some college/university

24 (18.7)

College diploma/university degree

65 (50.8)

Post graduate degree

17 (13.3)

Income

under $25000

12 (9.7)

$25,000 - $49,999

21 (16.1)

$50,000 - $99,999

51 (39.5)

$100,000 or more

44 (34.7)

Religious practice

Catholic

40 (31.4)

Protestant

32 (25.2)

Spiritual not Religious

26 (19.7)

None or Atheist

19 (15.0)

Other

11 (8.7)

Children in family (including deceased)

one child

34 (26.6)

two children

51 (39.8)

 

three or more children

43 (33.6)