Table 1.
Baseline parent and child characteristics among participants in the parents and tots together intervention (N = 110)
| N (%) | |
|---|---|
| Parent relation to child | |
| Mother | 101 (92.7%) |
| Stepmother | 1 (0.9%) |
| Foster-mother | 1 (0.9%) |
| Father | 5 (4.6%) |
| Grandparent | 1 (0.9%) |
| Parent marital status | |
| Married | 49 (45.8%) |
| Not married, living with a Partner | 31 (29.0%) |
| Single | 22 (20.6%) |
| Divorced | 2 (1.9%) |
| Separated | 3 (2.8%) |
| Race/Ethnicity | |
| Hispanic/Latino | 58 (55.2%) |
| White | 14 (13.3%) |
| Black | 23 (21.9%) |
| Other | 10 (9.5%) |
| Total household income | |
| < $20, 000 | 34 (30.9%) |
| $20,000-$45,000 | 36 (32.8%) |
| $46,000-$99,999 | 6 (5.4%) |
| $100,000 or more | 4 (3.6%) |
| Don’t know/Refused | 30 (27.3%) |
| Parent education obtained | |
| 8th grade or less | 22 (21.2%) |
| Some high school | 19 (18.3%) |
| Graduated high school | 18 (17.3%) |
| Some college or Technical school | 23 (22.1%) |
| Post graduate rraining or degree | 21 (20.2%) |
| Don’t know | 1 (1.0%) |
| Parent stress level | Mean stress level (SD) = 28.38 (10.691) |
| Normal stress | 88 (80%) |
| High stress | 22 (20%) |
| Child age (years) | Mean age (SD) =3.15 (1.0) |
| 2 | 36 (32.7) |
| 3 | 36 (32.7) |
| 4 | 25 (22.8) |
| 5 | 13 (11.8) |
| Child gender | |
| Male | 56 (50.9%) |
| Female | 54 (49.1%) |
| Child BMI categorization | |
| Normal weight | 52 (51.5%) |
| Overweight/Obese | 49 (48.5%) |
| Child physical activity (Active Play) | |
| Weekday | |
| <1 hour/day | 36 (33.0%) |
| ≥ 1 hour/day | 73 (67.0%) |
| Weekend day | |
| <1 hour/day | 28 (26.9%) |
| ≥ 1 hour/day | 76 (73.1%) |
| Child TV viewing | Mean viewing Hrs. (SD) = 3.48 (1.040) |
| Weekday | |
| ≥ 2 hour/day | 55 (51.9%) |
| <2 hour/day | 51 (48.1%) |
| Weekend Day | Mean viewing Hrs. (SD) = 3.45 (1.152) |
| ≥ 2 hour/day | 56 (52.8%) |
| <2 hour/day | 50 (47.2%) |
| Parent limiting of TV viewing | |
| Disagree | 22 (20.0%) |
| Agree | 88 (80.0%) |