The nutritional state of children and adolescents with cerebral palsy is associated with oral motor dysfunction and social conditions: a cross sectional study

Table 2 Socioeconomic variables for the control and study group

	Study group (N = 70)	Control group (N = 129)
Independent variables	n (%) or Mean ± SD	n (%) or Mean ± SD
Caretaker with health impairment^a	20 (28.57)	26 (20.15)
Caregiver - mother	58 (82.86)	122 (94.57)
Caregiver’s age	38.05 ± 6.36	38.78 ± 10.6
Father’s age	42.88 ± 6.36	41.2 ± 8.48
Aglomeration	1.08 ± 0.06	1.01 ± 0
Home
ownership	53 (75.71)	102 (79.07)
rented and donated	17 (24.29)	27 (20.93)
Mother’s marital status
partnership	40 (57.14)	102 (79.07)
no partnership	30 (42.86)	27 (20.93)
Number of children	2.18 ± 1.41	2.58 ± 2.83
Parents school degree^b (mother/father)
≤ 8 years	45 (64.3)/45 (67.16)	75 (60)/65 (56.03)
> 8 years	25 (35.71)/22 (32.83)	50 (40)/51 (43.97)
Employed^c
mother	23 (33.33)	66 (52.8)
father	55 (87.3)	100 (87.72)
Full time occupation
mother	15 (21.43)	48 (37.2)
father	45 (71.43)	96 (74.42)
Earned income (brazilian minimum wages)	2.7 ± 1.25	2.9 ± 0.57

SD: mean standard deviation
^aCaregiver mentioned having health problem
^bIn the study group, 3 guardians did not know father’s school degree, in the control group 4 guardians did not know mother’s school degree and 13 father’s school degree
^cIn the study group, 5 could not inform mother’s occupation and 7 father’s occupation. In the control group 4 could not inform mother’s occupation and 15 father’s occupation

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