Table 2. Prevalence (N, %^a) of Health Behaviors by Parental Educational Attainment and Financial Strain (N=1117).

	Parental Educational Attainment					Financial Strain
	>=HS (n=837)b		<HS (n=280)b			Low (n=902)		High (n=215)
	N	%	N	%	P-valuec	N	%	N	%	P-valuec
Weight Status					0.304					0.014
Underweight/ normal (BMI >25.0)d	554	67.0%	176	63.3%		609	68.3%	121	56.8%
Overweight (BMI<30.0)d	194	23.5%	62	22.3%		204	22.9%	52	24.4%
Obese (BMI>=30.0)d	79	9.6%	40	14.4%		79	8.9%	40	18.8%
Fruit and Vegetable Consumption					0.005					0.207
0 to <2 cups	344	42.4%	140	52.4%		375	42.9%	109	53.2%
2 to <4 cups	329	40.5%	94	35.2%		356	40.7%	67	32.7%
4+ cups	139	17.1%	33	12.4%		143	16.4%	29	14.1%
Soda Pop Consumption					0.732					0.494
Never	197	23.7%	60	21.8%		211	23.6%	46	21.8%
1-3 times last month	215	25.9%	60	21.8%		224	25.1%	51	24.2%
1-2 times/week	167	20.1%	68	24.7%		191	21.4%	44	20.9%
3-4 times/week	104	12.5%	36	13.1%		115	12.9%	25	11.8%
5-6 times/week	51	6.1%	19	6.9%		50	5.6%	20	9.5%
1+ times/day	96	11.6%	32	11.6%		103	11.5%	25	11.8%
Fast Food Consumption					0.153					0.863
0 to <once/day	675	80.6%	208	74.3%		713	79.0%	170	79.1%
1 to <twice/day	102	12.2%	47	16.8%		122	13.5%	27	12.6%
2+ times/day	60	7.2%	25	8.9%		67	7.4%	18	8.4%
Hard Physical Activity					0.001					0.001
None	117	14.0%	54	19.7%		130	14.5%	41	19.2%
1-2 days	223	26.8%	83	30.3%		243	27.2%	63	29.6%
3-5 days	245	29.4%	80	29.2%		271	30.3%	54	25.4%
6-8 days	124	14.9%	32	11.7%		127	14.2%	29	13.6%
9+ days	124	14.9%	25	9.1%		123	13.8%	26	12.2%
Light Physical Activity					0.001					0.001
None	57	6.9%	36	13.0%		66	7.4%	27	12.8%
1-2 days	207	24.9%	87	31.5%		237	26.4%	57	27.0%
3-5 days	212	25.5%	84	30.4%		238	26.5%	58	27.5%
6-8 days	134	16.1%	33	12.0%		136	15.2%	31	14.7%
9+ days	222	26.7%	36	13.0%		220	24.5%	38	18.0%
Binge Drinking					0.001					0.107
Do not drink	355	42.5%	163	58.2%		430	47.7%	88	41.1%
None in past 2 weeks	198	23.7%	53	18.9%		198	22.0%	53	24.8%
At least once in past 2 weeks	283	33.9%	64	22.9%		274	30.4%	73	34.1%
Tobacco Use					0.789					0.103
Do not smoke	648	78.1%	219	78.2%		719	80.2%	148	69.2%
0-9 days	122	14.7%	44	15.7%		124	13.8%	42	19.6%
10 or more days	60	7.2%	17	6.1%		53	5.9%	24	11.2%
Unhealthy Weight Control	109	13.0%	50	17.9%	0.003	118	13.1%	41	19.1%	0.001

Note.

^aDenominators may vary due to missing data

^bHS: High School

^cP-values were generated from unadjusted logistic regression

^dBMI: body mass index