Table 7.

Descriptive statistics for BAQ-HH scales by gender and ethnicity: parents (n 532) of pre-school children aged 2–5 years enrolled in ten Head Start centres, USA, autumn 2010

Scale	Gender	n	Mean	sd	Ethnicity†	n	Mean	sd
Attitudes	Male	62	3·66	1·38	Black	49	2·42	1·17
	Female	437	3·39	1·52	Hispanic	347	3·80	1·49
					White	86	2·70	1·12
Knowledge	Male	62	5·09	0·95	Black	49	4·94	1·13
	Female	439	5·18	0·89	Hispanic	348	5·19	0·92
					White	86	5·08	0·92
Decision-Making	Male	62	4·31	1·28	Black	49	5·00	0·90
	Female	439	4·77	1·03	Hispanic	347	4·63	1·11
					White	86	4·94	0·97
Mealtime	Male	62	4·77	1·08	Black	49	4·93	0·95
	Female	438	5·07	0·89	Hispanic	346	4·99	0·97
					White	86	5·21	0·74
Communication	Male	62	4·57	1·33	Black	49	3·76	1·17
	Female	437	4·69	1·24	Hispanic	344	4·95	1·16
					White	86	4·31	1·17

BAQ-HH, Behavior and Attitudes Questionnaire for Healthy Habits.

The total score for each scale is scored as the mean of the item scores on a 6-point scale.

†Ethnicity includes the top three groups representing 91 % of parents who provided this information.