Table 2:
Sociodemographic Characteristics of Maternal-Child Dyads Followed into Toddlerhood From the Starting Early Program-Prenatal Cohort (n=156)
| n (%) or mean (SD) | |
|---|---|
| Maternal | |
| Age | 30.8 (6.0) |
| Less than high school education | 40 (25.6) |
| U.S. born | 36 (23.1) |
| Mexico | 56 (35.9) |
| Ecuador | 32 (20.5) |
| Dominican Republic | 8 (5.1) |
| Other-Central America (Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Honduras, Columbia) | 16 (10.2) |
| Other-South America (Peru, Venezuela, Paraguay) | 8 (5.1) |
| Married or Living as Married | 115 (73.7) |
| Toddler | |
| First child | 59 (37.8) |
| Assigned female sex at birth | 65 (42.0) |
| Household Food Insecurity 1 | |
| Prenatal Food Insecurity (yes/no) | 33 (21.2) |
| High food security | 88 (56.4) |
| Marginal food security | 35 (22.4) |
| Low food security | 25 (16.0) |
| Very low food security | 8 (5.1) |
| Concurrent Food Insecurity in Toddlerhood (yes/no) | 44 (28.2) |
| High food security | 84 (53.9) |
| Marginal food security | 28 (17.9) |
| Low food security | 32 (20.5) |
| Very low food security | 12 (7.7) |
| Food Insecure both prenatally and in toddlerhood (yes/no) | 16 (10.3) |
| Dietary Data | |
| Maternal Daily Intake2 | |
| Fruit | 1.6 (2.9) |
| Total Vegetables | 2.1 (2.0) |
| Beans | 0.5 (0.8) |
| Green Vegetables | 0.7 (0.8) |
| Orange Vegetables | 0.4 (0.5) |
| Other Vegetables | 0.6 (1.2) |
| Toddler Weekly Intake3 | |
| Times Fruit Eaten Per Week | 12.0 (6.2) |
| Times Vegetables Eaten Per Week | 8.2 (5.4) |
1
Assessed using the United States Department of Agriculture Core Household Food Security Module
2
Assessed in mother when child is 19 months old using the Center for Disease Control’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
3
Assessed of toddler at 19 months by mother using the Center for Disease Control’s Infant Feeding Practices Study II