Table 1.
Caregiver characteristics
| Caregiver characteristic | Mean (SD) or n (%) |
|---|---|
| Age, y, mean (SD) | 27.7 (6.2)1 |
| Gender: Female | 157 (89.2) |
| Ethnicity: Hispanic | 174 (98.9) |
| Country of Origin: non-US born | 166 (94.3) |
| Limited English proficiency | 167 (94.9) |
| Relationship to Child: Mother | 154 (87.5) |
| # of Children in Family, mean (SD) | 2.0 (1.0) |
| Age of youngest child, months | 8.9 (7.2) |
| Annual family income | |
| <$19,999 | 83 (47.2) |
| $20,000–39,999 | 12 (6.8) |
| ≥$40,000 | 6 (3.4) |
| Did not know/Refused | 75 (42.6) |
| Participation in WIC program | 155 (88.1) |
| Education | |
| Less than high school | 108 (61.4) |
| High school or GED | 44 (25.0) |
| Some college or above | 24 (13.6) |
| Literacy (S-TOFHLA) | |
| Inadequate | 28 (15.9) |
| Marginal | 12 (6.8) |
| Adequate | 136 (77.3) |
| Numeracy skills (WRAT-3)2 | |
| Fifth grade or less | 131 (75.7) |
| Sixth to eighth grade | 41 (23.7) |
| High school of above | 1 (0.6) |
| Confidence filling out forms on own | |
| Extremely | 18 (10.2) |
| Quite a bit | 87 (49.4) |
| Somewhat | 38 (21.6) |
| A little bit | 33 (18.8) |
| How often have someone help read medical information | |
| Never | 31 (17.6) |
| Occasionally | 41 (23.3) |
| Sometimes | 72 (40.9) |
| Often | 11 (6.3) |
| Always | 21 (11.9) |
WIC = Special supplemental nutrition program for Women, Infants, and Children; S-TOFHLA = Short Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults; WRAT-3 = Wide Range Achievement Test – Third Edition;
1
Mean age (SD) presented includes imputed ages for 17 caregivers who had missing ages. For mothers missing age, age imputed using mean mother age; for fathers missing age, age imputed using mean father age. Without imputed ages, mean age (SD) 27.5 (6.0).
2
Missing for 3 caregivers