TABLE 1—
Demographic Characteristics of Respiratory Questionnaire Respondents and Their Children (n=11490)
| Characteristic | n (%) |
| Questionnaire language used | |
| English | 8525 (74.2) |
| Spanish | 2965 (25.8) |
| Relationship of respondent to child | |
| Mother/father | 9969 (86.8) |
| Grandparent | 356 (3.0) |
| Aunt/uncle | 179 (1.6) |
| Other/unreported | 986 (8.6) |
| Child’s gendera | |
| Boy | 5844 (51.0) |
| Girl | 5608 (49.0) |
| Child’s race/ethnicity | |
| White non-Hispanic | 1560 (13.6) |
| Black non-Hispanic | 2938 (25.6) |
| Hispanic | 6002 (52.2) |
| Other/unreported | 990 (8.6) |
| Child Hispanic subgroupb | |
| Mexican | 3823 (77.3) |
| Puerto Rican | 473 (9.6) |
| Mexican and Puerto Rican | 130 (2.6) |
| Other Hispanic | 521 (10.5) |
aGender not reported for 38 cases.
bn = 4947; Hispanic subgroup data are missing for 4 schools.