Table 1.
Variable | |
---|---|
← mean±standard deviation → | |
Body mass indexb | 28.37±9.85 |
Fear of fat | 18.20±6.16 |
Depression level | 11.73±9.01 |
Age (y) | 35.55±6.93 |
←% → | |
Educational attainment (%): | |
<High school | 4.7 |
High school | 37.6 |
College | 37.6 |
Graduate | 20 |
Ethnicity (%) | |
White | 46 |
Non-white | 54 |
Valid scores were obtained on all 85 mothers except for the following variables, due to missing data: body mass index (n = 78), ethnicity (n = 84), fear of fat (n = 83), and depression (n = 80). Ethnicity breakdown for the 54% who were non-white subsample was: 23% non-Hispanic black, 19% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 1% Native American, and 8% not specified.
Calculated as kg/m2.