Table 1 Participant characteristics by method of completion
|  | Online (n = 429) | Paper (n = 27) | Switched to paper [23] |
|---|---|---|---|
Child age in years (SD) | 6.6 (2.8) | 6.3 (2.6) | 6.2 (2.6) |
Child gender | |||
 Male | 206 (48.1%) | 16 (59.2%) | 15 (68.2%) |
 Female | 222 (51.9%) | 11 (40.7%) | 7 (31.8%) |
Ethnicity | |||
 White | 364 (86.1%) | 23 (85.2%) | 16 (72.7%) |
 Asian | 16 (3.8%) | 1 (3.7%) | 1 (4.6%) |
 Chinese | 8 (1.9%) | 1 (3.7%) | 2 (9.1%) |
 Black | 11 (2.6%) | 0 | 0 |
 Mixed | 21 (5.0%) | 2 (7.4%) | 3 (13.6%) |
 Other | 3 (0.7%) | 0 | 0 |
How cost of living affects household | |||
 Find it a strain | 11 (2.6%) | 1 (3.7%) | 2 (9.1%) |
 Have to be careful | 164 (39.0%) | 13 (48.1%) | 8 (36.4%) |
 Able to manage | 168 (39.9%) | 11 (40.7%) | 11 (50.0%) |
 Quite comfortable | 68 (16.2%) | 2 (7.4%) | 1 (4.6%) |
 Not answered | 10 (2.4%) | 0 | 0 |