TABLE 2—

Baseline Household Characteristics: Highline Communities Healthy Homes Project, October 2009–September 2010

Characteristic	Study Group (n = 34), %	Comparison Group (n = 68), %	Pa
Child’s age, y			.327
3–6	41	51
7–17	59	49
Dwelling type			.049
Single-family	68	47
Apartment (≥ 3 units)	32	53
Caretaker’s education			.79
< high school	44	41
High school graduate or GED	21	21
Some college	35	35
College graduate		3
Child’s race/ethnicity			.74
African American	18	16
Hispanic	47	46
Other Asian/Pacific Islander	6	10
Other or unknown	3	7
Vietnamese	21	12
White	6	9
Child’s asthma control			.779
Not well controlled	50	53
Very poorly controlled	50	47
Child’s gender			.253
Male	68	56
Female	32	44
Primary language in home			.953
English	50	49
Spanish	32	35
Vietnamese	18	16
Season of data collection			.241
Not winter	71	81
Winterb	29	19

^aBased on χ² test to determine whether study group baseline characteristics were different from those of the comparison group.

^bDecember 21 to March 20.