. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Mar 16.

Published in final edited form as: J Immigr Minor Health. 2007 Oct 26;11(3):158–167. doi: 10.1007/s10903-007-9096-0

Table 1.

Weighted means of project variables by maternal employment and parental nativity status

	Hispanic child of immigrant^a (n = 1,121)	Hispanic child of native^b (n = 496)	Non-Hispanic white children^c (n = 4,813)
Percentile BMI	73.104	69.812^†	64.777^***
Maternal Employment (full time)	0.240	0.315	0.293^*
Family income (in 1,000 s)	29.420^***	41.374^***	60.734^***
Controls
Single parent	0.154^***	0.366^***	0.166
Number of sibling	1.913	1.748^*	1.429^***
Female	0.485	0.524	0.484
Father employed full-time	0.729^***	0.574^***	0.764
Activity
TV Viewing	119.666^*	135.695^*	122.854
Child’s Food Consumption
Soda (d/wk)	3.063	3.190^†	2.902^*
Vegetables (d/wk)	6.699	6.874	6.667
Meal Supervision and Regularity
Family eats breakfast together (d/wk)	3.224	2.977^***	3.759^***
Regular breakfast time (d/wk)	5.069	4.886^*	5.270^**
Family eats dinner together (d/wk)	5.588	5.468	5.512
Regular dinner time (d/wk)	5.235^**	4.719	4.832^***
Child Care Arrangements
Center care	0.114	0.129	0.130
Child cares for self	0.102	0.118	0.114
Relative care	0.194	0.198	0.208
Non-relative care	0.039	0.057	0.041

^†

Significant at P < 0.1;

significant at P < 0.05;

^**

significant at P < 0.01;

^***

significant at P < 0.001

Difference tests between Hispanic children of immigrants and Hispanic children of natives

Difference tests between Hispanic children of natives and non-Hispanic whites

Difference tests between Hispanic children of immigrants and non- Hispanic whites