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Table 1 Baseline sociodemographic characteristics of participants

From: Parents’ understanding and attitudes toward the use of the WeChat platform for postoperative follow-up management of children with congenital heart disease

Characteristics

N = 188(n%)

Average duration of hospital stay (day)

13.5

Age range (years)

 20–25

90 (47.9)

 26–30

56 (29.8)

 31–35

32 (17.0)

 > 35

10 (5.3)

Marriage

 Married

175 (93.1)

 Divorced

13 (6.9)

Number of children

 One

149 (79.2)

 Two

38 (20.2)

 Three and more

1 (0.6)

Education

 Junior high school or below

24 (12.8)

 Senior high school

68 (36.1)

 Bachelor degree or above

96 (51.1)

Career

 White-collar workers and civil servants

58 (30.8)

 Professional person

55 (29.3)

 Freelancer

34 (18.1)

 Other

41 (21.8)

Residential

 City

77 (40.9)

 Rural

36 (19.1)

 Rural–urban continuum

75 (36.0)

Monthly income (US dollar)

 < 1000

20 (10.6)

 1001–2000

75 (39.9)

 2001–3000

53 (28.1)

 3001–4000

34 (18.1)

 > 4000

6 (0.3)

  1. Rural–urban continuum: The area between city and rural