. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Feb 1.

Published in final edited form as: Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2010 Feb;164(2):174–179. doi: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.257

Table 1. Selected Characteristics of US Children Aged 4 to 35 Months (n=1,332) According to Maternal Race/Ethnicity and Latina Maternal Language Preference Subgroup^*.

	Proportion (%) for each subgroup^**
	Children of:
	Non-Latina white mothers (n=695)	English-speaking Latina mothers (n=278)	Spanish-speaking Latina mothers (n=359)
Age of children

4-11 months	24	30	29

12-23 months	38	47	37

24-35 months	38	22	34

Maternal age^† (mean yrs, 95% Confidence Interval)	30.1 (29.5-30.6)	26.5 (25.4-27.6)	27.3 (26.6-28.1)

Marital status^†

Married	80	52	57

Maternal yrs of education^†

< High school	9	32	67

High School	36	37	23

Some college or more	54	31	11

Maternal Employment

Full-time	31	36	26

Part-time	23	15	13

Unemployed	45	49	61

Proportions and means are weighted to be generalizable to the US population of children 4-35 months old.

^**

Proportions unless otherwise noted

^†

Significant differences among all groups, p< 0.05

Table 1. Selected Characteristics of US Children Aged 4 to 35 Months (n=1,332) According to Maternal Race/Ethnicity and Latina Maternal Language Preference Subgroup*.