TABLE 1.
Characteristics of study population
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| Combined (n=844) | Low (n=93) | Adequate (n=751) | p-value | |
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| Child Characteristics | mean (SD) or n (%) | mean (SD) or n (%) | mean (SD) or n (%) | |
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| Child Age, Months | 2.1 (0.4) | 2.2 (0.4) | 2.1 (0.4) | 0.4 |
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| Child sex, Female | 436 (51.7%) | 49 (52.7%) | 387 (51.5%) | 0.8 |
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| Out of Home Childcarea, Any | 79 (9.4%) | 6 (6.5%) | 73 (9.8%) | 0.3 |
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| Child WIC statusb, None | 124 (14.8%) | 9 (9.7%) | 115 (15.4%) | 0.1 |
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| Child Health Insurancec | ||||
| Medicaid | 724 (86.1%) | 86 (92.5%) | 638 (85.3%) | <0.001 |
| Private | 92 (10.9%) | 1 (1.1%) | 91 (12.2%) | |
| None | 25 (3.0%) | 6 (6.5%) | 19 (2.5%) | |
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| Parent Characteristics | ||||
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| Parent Age, Years | 27.6 (6.2) | 29.7 (7.3) | 27.3 (5.8) | 0.002 |
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| Relationship to Child | ||||
| Mother | 809 (95.9%) | 87 (93.5%) | 722 (96.1) | 0.2 |
| Father | 33 (3.9%) | 5 (5.4%) | 28 (3.7) | |
| Other | 2 (0.2%) | 1 (1.1%) | 1 (0.1) | |
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| Parent Gender, Female | 808 (95.7%) | 87 (93.5%) | 721 (96.0%) | 0.3 |
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| Parent Non-US Borna | 428 (50.9%) | 76 (81.7%) | 352 (47.1%) | <0.001 |
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| Parent Race/Ethnicity | ||||
| Hispanic | 420 (49.8%) | 61 (65.6%) | 359 (47.8%) | <0.001 |
| White, non-Hispanic | 151 (17.9%) | 3 (3.2%) | 148 (19.7%) | |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 230 (27.3%) | 22 (23.7%) | 208 (27.7%) | |
| Other, non-Hispanic | 43 (5.1%) | 7 (7.5%) | 36 (4.8%) | |
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| Parent Language, Spanish | 298 (35.3%) | 55 (59.1%) | 243 (32.4%) | <0.001 |
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| Parent Educationa | ||||
| Less than HS Graduate | 221 (26.3%) | 50 (53.8%) | 171 (22.9%) | <0.001 |
| HS Graduate / Equiv | 273 (32.5%) | 26 (28.0%) | 247 (33.0%) | |
| Some College | 199 (23.7%) | 8 (8.6%) | 191 (25.5%) | |
| College or greater | 148 (17.6%) | 9 (9.7%) | 139 (18.6%) | |
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| Parent Health Literacy score (STOFHLA) | 31.4 (7.8) | 11.3 (7.1) | 33.8 (2.6) | <0.001 |
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| Parent Health Literacy | ||||
| Inadequate | 66 (7.8%) | --- | --- | --- |
| Marginal | 27 (3.2%) | |||
| Adequate | 751 (89.0%) | |||
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| Household characteristics | ||||
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| Household Incomed | ||||
| Less than $10,000 | 262 (32.3%) | 53 (60.9%) | 209 (28.8%) | <0.001 |
| $10,000–19,999 | 224 (27.6%) | 22 (25.3%) | 202 (27.9%) | |
| $20,000–39,999 | 198 (24.4%) | 11 (12.6%) | 187 (25.8%) | |
| $40,000 or more | 128 (15.8%) | 1 (1.1%) | 127 (17.5%) | |
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| # adults in the household (18 y and older)a | ||||
| 1 adult | 88 (10.5%) | 15 (16.1%) | 73 (9.8%) | 0.06 |
| 2 or more adults | 753 (89.5%) | 78 (83.9%) | 675 (90.2%) | |
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| # children in household (<18y)a | ||||
| 1 child | 336 (40.0%) | 39 (41.9%) | 297 (39.7%) | 0.7 |
| 2 or more children | 505 (60.0%) | 54 (58.1%) | 451 (60.3%) | |
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| Site | ||||
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| NYU School of Medicine | 228 (27.0%) | 41 (44.1%) | 187 (24.9%) | |
| University of Miami | 135 (16.0%) | 25 (26.9%) | 110 (14.6%) | <0.001 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 253 (30.0%) | 18 (19.4%) | 235 (31.3%) | |
| Vanderbilt | 228 (27.0%) | 9 (9.7%) | 219 (29.2%) | |
a
Missing for 3 subjects
b
Child or mother participating in Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program; missing for 5 subjects
c
Child with any private insurance categorized as private; missing for 3 subjects
d
Missing for 32 subjects