Table 1.
Sociodemographic and health characteristics of child sample at baseline based on parental self-report (N = 121).
| Sociodemographic characteristics | Number (%) |
|---|---|
| Gender | |
| Male | 74 (61.2) |
| Race/ethnicity | |
| African American | 113 (93.4) |
| White | 3 (2.5) |
| Other | 5 (4.1) |
| Number of household members | |
| 2–4 | 53 (43.8) |
| 5–7 | 59 (48.8) |
| 8 or more | 9 (7.4) |
| Health insurance | |
| Medicaid | 102 (84.3) |
| Private or self-pay | 16 (13.2) |
| Self-pay or don’t know/missing | 3 (2.5) |
| Paternal/legal guardian educational level | |
| < High school | 44 (36.4) |
| High school grad or GED | 45 (37.2) |
| Some college or higher | 32 (26.4) |
| Parent employed | |
| Yes | 62 (51.2) |
| Household income | |
| < $ 20,000 | 53 (43.8) |
| $ 20,000–39,999 | 25 (20.7) |
| ≥ $ 40,000 | 10 (8.3) |
| Refused or missing | 33 (27.2) |
| Number of smokers in household | |
| No smokers | 67 (70.5) |
| 1 smoker | 13 (13.7) |
| 2 or more smokers | 15 (15.8) |
| Housing/neighborhood conditions | |
| Electricity cut off | 21 (17.4) |
| Lost housing | 7 (5.8) |
| Moved within last 6 months | 23 (19.0) |
| Unsafe neighborhood per parent report | 37 (30.6) |
| Health characteristics | |
| Daytime symptoms last 30 days | |
| None | 18 (14.9) |
| 1–4 days | 62 (51.2) |
| 5–10 days | 20 (16.5) |
| 11–29 days | 10 (8.3) |
| 30 days (daily symptoms) | 11 (9.1) |
| Night time symptoms last 30 nights | |
| None | 30 (24.8) |
| 1–4 nights | 57 (47.1) |
| 5–10 nights | 19 (15.7) |
| 11–29 nights | 9 (7.4) |
| 30 nights (nightly symptoms) | 6 (5.0) |
| Asthma limit activity of child | |
| Yes | 76 (62.8) |
| Asthma out of control | |
| All/a lot/some of the time | 36 (29.8) |
| A little/none of the time | 85 (70.3) |
| Specialty care within past 2 years | |
| Yes | 29 (23.9) |
| Number of ED visits last 6 months | |
| 0 | 14 (11.6) |
| 1–2 | 73 (60.3) |
| 3 or more | 34 (28.1) |
| Number of visits to PCP last 6 months | |
| 0 visits | 21 (17.4) |
| 1–2 visits | 74 (61.2) |
| 3 or more visits | 26 (21.4) |
| Rescue medication use frequency | |
| All/a lot/some of the time | 77 (63.6) |
| A little/none of the time | 44 (36.4) |
| Controller medication use | |
| Yes | 84 (69.4) |
| Oral steroid courses last 6 months (N = 118) | |
| None | 21 (17.8) |
| 1–2 | 73 (61.9) |
| 3 or more | 24 (20.3) |
| Primary care practitioner characteristics | |
| Length of time PCP has treated child (N = 120) | |
| <1 year | 19 (15.8) |
| 1–2 years | 18 (15.0) |
| 3–5 years | 21 (17.5) |
| 5 or more years | 62 (51.7) |
| Easy to travel to PCP | |
| Never/sometimes | 31 (25.6) |
| Often/almost always/always | 88 (72.7) |
| Missing | 2 (1.7) |
| PCP knows your concerns about your child | |
| Never/sometimes | 21 (17.4) |
| Often/almost always/always | 99 (81.8) |
| Missing | 1 (0.8) |
| My PCP gave my family information to relieve specific worries | |
| Disagree/strongly disagree/no opinion | 27 (22.3) |
| Agree/strongly agree | 93 (76.9) |
| Missing | 1 (0.8) |
| Parent confident they can give preventive medications | |
| Disagree/strongly disagree/no opinion | 59 (48.8) |
| Agree/strongly agree | 61 (50.4) |
| Missing | 1 (0.8) |