Table 1. Sample demographics for Mexican American adult, males and females.

Table 1 presents demographic characteristics of the sample. Participants were single, bilingual, healthy, young adult male and female college students, with an even distribution among first, second and third generational groups.

	Overall Sample	Females	Males
Gender	(n=59)	33 (56%)	26 (44%)
Age (Median and Range)	20 (18–38)	21(18–38)	19 (18–37)
Body Mass Index (Mean and SD)	24.39 ± 4.19	24.54 ± 4.5	24.20 ± 3.8
Parental/Participant Income
Below 40K	33 (55.9%)	22 (66.7%)	11 (42.3%)
40K–80K	16 (27.1%)	7 (21.2%)	9 (34.6%)
80K and above	10(17.0%)	4 (12.1%)	6 (23.1%)
Parental Occupational Status
Executive	10 (16.9%)	5(15.2%)	5 (19.2%)
Administrative/Management	18 (30.5%)	11 (33.3%)	7 (27.0%)
Clerical/Skilled Manual Labor	20 (34.0%)	11 (33.3%)	9 (34.6%)
Semi-skilled or Unskilled Labor	11 (18.6%)	6 (18.2%)	5 (19.2%)
Participant Education Level
≤12 years	4 (6.8%)	2 (6.1%)	2(7.7%)
13 years	23 (39.0%)	11 (33.3%)	12 (46.1%)
14 years	13 (22.0%)	11 (33.3%)	2 (7.7%)
15 years	6 (10.2%)	2 (6.1%)	4 (15.4%)
≥16 year	13 (22.0%)	7 (21.2%)	6 (23.1%)