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. 2013 Jan 5;10:3. doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-10-3

Table 2.

Demographic characteristics of the Communities for Healthy Living evaluation sample [1]

Demographic factor Summary statistic
Respondent gender (% female)
92
Child gender (% female)
55
Parent age (Mean, std)
31.13 (11.07)
Child age (Mean, std)
3.59 (1.01)
Relation of respondent to child (%)
 
Mother
88
Father
6
Grandmother
6
Never speaks English at home (%)
1
Race/ethnicity (%)
 
White
68
Black/African American
22
Non-Hispanic white
6
Other
4
High grade in school (%)
 
Some high school
21
High school graduate
37
Some college
42
Marital status (%)
 
Married
17
Divorced or separated
13
Never married/single
44
Member of unmarried couple
25
Other
1
Weight status
 
Parent overweight (%)
68
Parent obese (%)
36
Child overweight (%)
44
Child obese (%) 20

[1] 154 parents completed the evaluation survey at baseline; 119 of these families completed the survey at follow-up.