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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Aug 24.
Published in final edited form as: J Appl Res Child. 2010 Sep 30;1(1):1–23.

Table 1.

Participant characteristics stratified by Latino and Non-Latino ethnicity

Characteristic Non- Latino Latino Total
Total, n (%) 57 (38.2) 92 (61.7) 149 (100.0)
Gender- males, n (%) 26 (45.6) 44 (47.8) 70 (47.0)
Race/Ethnicity, n (%)a
 Latino n/a 91 (98.9) 91 (61.1)
 Non-Latino Black 47 (82.5) n/a 47 (31.6)
 Non-Latino White 2 (3.5) n/a 2 (1.3)
 Other 6 (10.5) n/a 6 (4.0)
 Missing 2 (3.5) 1 (1.1) 3 (2.0)
Household Education, n (%)b*
 High School graduate or less 28 (49.1) 60 (65.2) 88 (59.1)
 Some college or technical/vocational school 17 (29.8) 9 (9.8) 26 (17.4)
 College graduate 9 (15.8) 3 (3.3) 12 (8.1)
 Missing 3 (5.3) 20 (21.7) 23 (15.4)
Annual Household Income n (%)b
 ≤ $30,000 29 (50.9) 47 (51.1) 76 (51.0)
 >$30,000 15 (26.3) 18 (19.6) 33 (22.1)
 Missing 13 (22.8) 27 (29.3) 40 (26.8)
Child's age (years), M (SD)* 9.9 (0.7) 9.6 (0.6) 9.7 (0.7)
Distance to school (km), M (SD) 0.7 (0.6) 0.7 (0.6) 0.7 (0.6)
BMI z-score, M (SD) 1.1 (1.3) 1.1 (1.0) 1.1 (1.1)
% ACS/week, M (SD) 41.2 (41.9) 29.4 (43.7) 33.9 (43.3)
MVPA/day, M (SD) 49.3 (22.9) 45.6 (24.9) 47.0 (24.2)
Child self-efficacy, M (SD) 37.7 (6.1) 36.5 (5.7) 37.0 (5.8)
Parent self-efficacy, M (SD) 33.7 (6.4) 33.7 (6.9) 33.7 (6.7)
Parent outcome expectations, M (SD) 20.9 (4.9) 20.1 (3.7) 20.4 (4.2)
Neighborhood safety, M (SD) 9.4 (6.7) 9.7 (6.5) 9.6 (6.6)
Child Acculturation M (SD) n/a 2.1 (1.0) n/a
Parent Acculturation M (SD) n/a 0.9 (1.1) n/a
a

Data as imputed for missing values (n=6) for race/ethnicity (Latino/Non-Latino)

b

Education and income not imputed or included in analyses due to amount of missing data

*

Significant difference between Latino and Non-Latino for education (excluding missing) (p=0.001) and child’s age (p=0.008)

Abbreviations: MVPA = moderate-to-vigorous physical activity; ACS = active commuting to school