Table 2.
Sociodemographic and household characteristics of low-income caregiver/child dyads (n 39) from a large Midwestern metropolitan area, USA, 2013–2014
| Caregiver | Child | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean or n | sd or % | Mean or n | sd or % | |
| Sociodemographic characteristics | ||||
| Age (years; mean and sd) | 37·1 | 7·1 | 10·4 | 1·0 |
| Male (n and %) | 1 | 2·6 | 20 | 51·3 |
| Race (n and %) | ||||
| Black or African American | 18 | 47·4 | 18 | 47·4 |
| White or Caucasian | 14 | 36·8 | 9 | 23·7 |
| Alaska Native or American Indian | 2 | 5·3 | 2 | 5·3 |
| Mixed race | 2 | 5·3 | 7 | 18·4 |
| Other | 2 | 5·3 | 2 | 5·3 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 3 | 7·9 | 3 | 7·9 |
| Education (n and %) | ||||
| Have not completed high school | 3 | 7·9 | ||
| Received high-school diploma or GED | 5 | 13·2 | ||
| Some college or technical school | 24 | 63·2 | ||
| 4-year college, university degree or advanced degree | 6 | 15·8 | ||
| Employment status (n and %) | ||||
| Homemaker | 16 | 42·1 | ||
| Employed part time | 11 | 28·9 | ||
| Employed full time | 11 | 28·9 | ||
| Household characteristics | ||||
| Food security status (n and %) | ||||
| High or marginal | 13 | 34·2 | ||
| Low | 14 | 36·8 | ||
| Very low | 11 | 28·9 | ||
| Number of adults in the home (mean and sd) | 1·6 | 0·9 | ||
| Number of children in the home (mean and sd) | ||||
| Age <9 years | 1·2 | 0·54 | ||
| Age 9–12 years | 1·1 | 1·00 | ||
| Age 13–18 years | 0·5 | 0·64 | ||
GED, General Educational Development.