Table 4 Evaluations of risk, safety knowledge, and risk-taking behaviors by demographic characteristics
From: Chinese preschoolers’ risk-taking behaviors: a tripartite relation
Risk evaluation | Safety knowledge | Risk-taking | |
|---|---|---|---|
M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | |
Child’s gender | |||
Girls | 12.51 (3.99) | 8.78 (3.35) | 2.94 (2.07) |
Boys | 12.65 (4.60) | 9.13 (3.67) | 3.23 (2.16) |
Only child status | |||
Not only child | 11.29 (5.16) | 7.64 (3.28) | 3.69 (2.21) |
Only child | 13.07 (3.89) | 9.47 (3.50) | 2.87 (2.05) |
Parents’ ethnicity | |||
Minorities | 9.43 (6.21) | 7.32 (4.32) | 4.21 (2.11) |
Majority (Han) | 13.05 (3.77) | 9.21 (3.33) | 2.93 (2.07) |
Main caregiver | |||
Other than both parents | 12.48 (4.63) | 9.19 (3.70) | 2.98 (2.10) |
Both parents | 12.63 (4.20) | 8.88 (3.45) | 3.14 (2.13) |
Residential area | |||
Rural | 11.16 (5.04) | 7.33 (3.19) | 3.96 (2.00) |
Urban | 14.05 (2.77) | 10.65 (3.03) | 2.20 (1.86) |
Residential mobility | |||
Low mobility | 13.29 (3.83) | 9.76 (3.42) | 2.69 (2.03) |
High mobility | 11.29 (4.90) | 7.52 (3.27) | 3.07 (2.11) |