TABLE 2—
Demographic and Risk Factor Data for Infants, Collected at Age of 2 Weeks: Little Ears Study, Minnesota, 1997–2003
| Infants, No. (%) | |
| Gender | |
| Male | 174 (53) |
| Female | 157 (47) |
| Race | |
| American Indiana | 328 (99) |
| More than 1 race | 82 (25) |
| WIC participant | |
| Yes | 321 (97) |
| No | 10 (3) |
| Breast-feeding | |
| Birth | 193 (58) |
| 2 weeks | 126 (38) |
| Regular exposure to childrenb | |
| Any exposure | 287 (87) |
| Exposure to more than 2 children | 181 (55) |
| Living arrangements | |
| 2 or more adults | 299 (91) |
| More than 2 other children | 87 (26) |
| Sleeping arrangements | |
| 1 or more adults in same room | 318 (99) |
| 1 or more children in same room | 98 (31) |
| Smoke exposure | |
| Smoker in householdc | 266 (80) |
| Mother smokes | 174 (53) |
| Otitis media history | |
| Mother | 97 (30) |
| Fatherd | 33 (11) |
| Full or half siblinge | 122 (57) |
Note. WIC = Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.
a3 infants had 1 White and 1 American Indian parent; mother described child’s race as White.
bHome, day care, regular visitors, or regular visits to other homes.
cParent or other adult smoker in the home.
d39% answered “don’t know.”
eIf history was known.