Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of the total sample and stratified by group: low-income Somali- and Spanish-speaking families with children of pre-school age, Twin Cities Metropolitan Area, MN, USA
| Total | Somali | Spanish | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | n | % | n | % | |
| Primary transportation | |||||
| Own car | 15 | 10 | 66·7 | 5 | 33·3 |
| Someone else's car in home | 6 | 1 | 16·7 | 5 | 83·3 |
| Someone else's car not in home | 1 | 1 | 100·0 | 0 | – |
| Bus | 8 | 3 | 37·5 | 5 | 62·5 |
| Main language at home | |||||
| English | 3 | 3 | 100·0 | 0 | – |
| Spanish | 15 | 0 | – | 15 | 100·0 |
| Somali | 12 | 12 | 100·0 | 0 | – |
| No. of children aged <5 years | |||||
| 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | 100·0 |
| 1 | 12 | 6 | 50·0 | 6 | 50·0 |
| 2 | 12 | 7 | 58·3 | 5 | 41·7 |
| 3 | 4 | 2 | 50·0 | 2 | 50·0 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | 100·0 |
| No. of children aged 5–17 years | |||||
| 0 | 13 | 8 | 61·5 | 5 | 38·5 |
| 1 | 6 | 2 | 33·3 | 4 | 66·7 |
| 2 | 6 | 2 | 33·3 | 4 | 66·7 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | 100·0 | 0 | – |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 33·3 | 2 | 66·7 |
| No. of adults in the home | |||||
| 1 | 6 | 6 | 100·0 | 0 | – |
| 2 | 18 | 7 | 38·9 | 11 | 61·1 |
| 3 | 4 | 1 | 25·0 | 3 | 75·0 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 50·0 | 1 | 50·0 |
| Annual household income ($US) | |||||
| 0–10 000 | 6 | 3 | 50·0 | 3 | 50·0 |
| 10 001–20 000 | 9 | 2 | 22·2 | 7 | 77·8 |
| 20 001–30 000 | 9 | 5 | 55·6 | 4 | 44·4 |
| 30 001–40 000 | 2 | 2 | 100·0 | 0 | – |
| 40 001–50 000 | 1 | 1 | 100·0 | 0 | – |
| >50 000 | 1 | 1 | 100·0 | 0 | – |
| Level education | |||||
| Less than high school | 13 | 6 | 46·15 | 7 | 53·85 |
| High school/GED | 13 | 6 | 46·15 | 7 | 53·85 |
| Some college | 2 | 2 | 100·0 | 0 | – |
| Graduate degree | 1 | 1 | 100·0 | 0 | – |
| Amount of food in household | |||||
| Enough | 19 | 15 | 79·0 | 4 | 21·0 |
| Sometimes not enough | 9 | 0 | – | 9 | 100·0 |
| Often not enough | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | 100·0 |
GED, General Educational Development.