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Table 1 Characteristics of child–parent dyads (n=7)

From: Decision coaching using the Ottawa family decision guide with parents and their children: a field testing study

Demographic characteristics

Children

Parents

Children

(n=7)

(n=9)

Age (in years)

Median: 15

Median: 44

(Range: 9,17)

(Range: 29,54)

  ≤9

1

 

  10-14

2

 

  15-19

4

 

Sex:

  

  Male

4

4

  Female

3

5

Primary Language:

  

  English

6

8

  French

1

1

Duration of Type 1 Diabetes:

  

  >1 month to 6 months

1

 

  >6 months to 1 year

2

 

  >1 year to 5 years

2

 

  >5 years

2

 

Education:

  

Child- Grade Level

  

  ≤4

1

 

  5-8

2

 

  9-12

4

 

  1st Year University/College

0

 

Adult- Highest Education

  

  Some High school

 

3

  High school diploma

 

1

  Trade cert./diploma

 

0

  University-undergraduate degree

 

3

  University-graduate degree

 

2

Marital Status:

  

  Married/Common-law

 

8

  Divorced/Separated

 

1