Table 1. Demographics of Youth Seeking Obesity Treatment and their Caregivers (N = 120).
| Caregivers | Youth | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Mean (SD) | % | n | Mean (SD) | % | |
| Age | 40.1 (8.2) | 11.0 (3.0) | ||||
| Child Sex | ||||||
| Female | 79 | 65.8 | ||||
| Male | 41 | 34.2 | ||||
| Race | ||||||
| African-American | 60 | 50.0 | 60 | 50.0 | ||
| Caucasian | 60 | 50.0 | 53 | 44.2 | ||
| Biracial | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 5.8 | ||
| Anthropometric data | ||||||
| BMI | 35.8 (9.3) | 34.1 (7.7) | ||||
| zBMI | 2.5 (0.31) | |||||
| Relationship to Youth | ||||||
| Mother | 100 | 83.3 | ||||
| Father | 6 | 5.0 | ||||
| Other (aunts, grandmothers) | 14 | 11.6 | ||||
| Marital Status | ||||||
| Married/Remarried | 46 | 38.4 | ||||
| Single | 42 | 35.0 | ||||
| Separated/Divorced/Widowed | 32 | 26.7 | ||||
| SESa | 34.7 (19.9) | |||||
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Based on Duncan TSEI2. Examples of similar occupations based on mean Duncan score: attendants, clerical staff, waiter.