TABLE 1.

Child and Caregiver Demographic Characteristics (N = 259)

	% (N)
Child age
Mean (SD), range	11.1 (2.4), 8–16 y
Child gender
Boy	50.6 (131)
Girl	49.4 (128)
Child race
White	61.4 (159)
African American	29.7 (77)
Native American/American Indian	10.8 (28)
Other	5.0 (13)
Asthma severity
Mild persistent	28.6 (74)
Moderate/severe persistent	71.4 (185)
Years living with asthma
Mean (SD), range	6.12 (3.9), 0–16 y
Caregiver age
Mean (SD), range	40.9 (8.6), 26–80 y
Caregiver gender
Man	13.2 (34)
Woman	86.8 (224)
Caregiver education in years
Mean (SD), range	12.7 (2.5), 2–20 y
Insurance type
None	1.2 (3)
Private	27.2 (70)
Medicaid	52.9 (136)
State Children’s Health Insurance Program	16.3 (42)
Other	2.3 (6)
Number of control medications
None	16.6 (43)
1	47.8 (124)
2	25.1 (65)
≥3	1.2 (3)
Missing	9.3 (24)