Table 1:
Participant Characteristics
| Caregivers (N=41) | N (%) |
|---|---|
|
| |
| Site | |
| Gainesville, Florida | 16 (39) |
| St. Louis, Missouri | 25 (61) |
| Gender | |
| Woman | 34 (83) |
| Man | 7 (17) |
| Age | |
| 18–25 | 2 (5) |
| 26–30 | 2 (5) |
| 31–35 | 10 (24) |
| 36–40 | 6 (15) |
| 41–45 | 11 (27) |
| 46–50 | 8 (20) |
| 50≤ | 2 (5) |
| Racial background* | |
| Black/African American | 30 (67) |
| White | 11 (24) |
| Asian | 1 (2) |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 3 (7) |
| Socioeconomic status† | |
| Low | 32 (78) |
| Medium or higher | 9 (22) |
| Insurance | |
| Private-Employer paid | 7 (17) |
| Private-Marketplace | 2 (5) |
| Medicaid | 29 (70) |
| No insurance | 1 (2) |
| Did not state | 1 (2) |
| Education | |
| Graduate, professional, or bachelor’s | 11 (27) |
| degree | |
| Vocational/technical school | 4 (10) |
| Associate’s degree | 7 (17) |
| High school degree or equivalent | 14 (34) |
| Less than high school | 5 (12) |
| Relationship to child | |
| Parent | 39 (95) |
| Grandparent | 2 (5) |
| Asthma child age/s‡ | |
| 0–4 | 9 (22) |
| 5–11 | 24 (59) |
| 12–17 | 18 (44) |
*
Some participants identified with more than one category. One caregiver (2%) also identified as having Hispanic ethnicity.
†
Participants were considered having low socioeconomic status if they reported not being able to pay an unexpected $500 medical bill not covered by insurance or they indicated that the statement “I really can’t make ends meet” best described their financial status
‡
Calculated as percentage of households reporting at least one child with asthma in a given age bracket. 16 families (39%) included more than one child with asthma.
§
Higher scores indicate better control. Data collection errors resulted in incomplete data for both the parent proxy asthma control test (PP-ACT).