Table 1.
Characteristics | % (N) |
---|---|
Ethnicity | |
Hispanic | 76% (42) |
Non-Hispanic | 18% (10) |
Other-not specified | 6% (3) |
Monthly family income | |
Less than $500 | 53% (29) |
$500–$1000 | 34% (19) |
> $1000 | 11% (6) |
Prefer not to answer | 2% (1) |
Mothers’ age | |
18–27 years | 38% (21) |
28–37 years | 31% (17) |
38–47 years | 18% (10) |
> 48 year | 13% (7) |
Mothers’ Work status | |
Full time | 64% (35) |
Part time | 36% (20) |
Marital Status | |
Married | 62% (34) |
Living with partner | 4% (2) |
Widowed | 18% (10) |
Divorced | 5% (3) |
Single parent | 11% (6) |
Language at home | |
Spanish only | 65% (36) |
More Spanish than English | 18% (10) |
More English than Spanish | 2 % (1) |
Both equally | 11% (6) |
Missing | 4% (2) |
Mothers’ education | |
Less than 9th | 69% (38) |
9–11 | 14% (8) |
High School graduate | 9% (5) |
Some college | 6% (3) |
College graduate | 2% (1) |
Data on two mothers were lost due to technological difficulties