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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of participants

From: Development and validation of a scale for the assessment of the knowledge-attitude-practice of parents towards children snoring

General information

EFA Subsample n(%)

CFA Subsample n(%)

X 2

P

Identity

 Father

136(21.6)

111(17.7)

2.000

0.157

 Mother

493(78.4)

517(82.3)

Age

 ≤20

12(1.9)

11(1.8)

2.863

0.413

 21-30

61(9.7)

61(9.7)

 31-40

461(73.3)

439(69.9)

 ≧41

95(15.1)

117(18.6)

Residence

 Urban

398(63.3)

419(66.7)

1.639

0.200

 Countryside

231(36.7)

209(33.3)

Education level

 Primary school

5(0.8)

7(1.1)

2.692

0.611

 Junior high school

110(17.5)

119(18.9)

 Senior high school/Technical school

200(31.8)

205(32.7)

 Junior college

199(31.6)

174(27.7)

 Bachelor's degree/ above

115(18.3)

123(19.6)

Number of children in the family

 1

182(28.9)

191(30.4)

0.361

0.835

 2

360(57.2)

354(56.4)

 ≧3

87(13.8)

83(13.2)

Ever heard of Children Snoring

 Yes

319(50.7)

318(50.6)

0.001

0.978

 No

310(49.3)

310(49.4)

Is there a snoring child in the family?

 Yes

148(23.5)

142(22.6)

0.149

0.699

 sNo

481(76.5)

486(77.4)

  1. EFA Exploratory Factor Analysis, CFA Confirmatory Factor Analysis