Table 2.
Participant Characteristics by Treatment Group
| Control | Intervention | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | ||
| School | Elementary School Offering no After School Physical Activity Program | 20 | 30.3% | 22 | 34.4% |
| Elementary School Offering After School Physical Activity Program for a Fee | 26 | 39.4% | 24 | 37.5% | |
| Elementary School Offering After School Physical Activity Program for Free | 20 | 30.3% | 18 | 28.1% | |
| Gender | Male | 24 | 41.4% | 26 | 47.3% |
| Female | 34 | 58.6% | 29 | 52.7% | |
| Student Grade | 1 | 7 | 12.3% | 8 | 14.5% |
| 2 | 16 | 28.1% | 8 | 14.5% | |
| 3 | 9 | 15.8% | 9 | 16.4% | |
| 4 | 21 | 36.8% | 19 | 34.5% | |
| 5 | 4 | 7.0% | 11 | 20.0% | |
| Sex of the student's parent who completed exercise diary | Male/Father | 7 | 13.2% | 6 | 11.8% |
| Female/Mother | 46 | 86.8% | 45 | 88.2% | |
| Marital status of the student's parent | Single | 12 | 23.1% | 15 | 28.8% |
| Married | 31 | 59.6% | 31 | 59.6% | |
| Divorced | 6 | 11.5% | 4 | 7.7% | |
| Separated | 3 | 5.8% | 2 | 3.8% | |
| Widowed | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | |
| Married/not married | Not Married | 21 | 40.4% | 21 | 40.4% |
| Married | 31 | 59.6% | 31 | 59.6% | |
| Parent's education level | No formal education | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Some grade school | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | |
| Grade school | 3 | 5.6% | 2 | 3.8% | |
| Some middle school | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 1.9% | |
| Middle school | 5 | 9.3% | 0 | 0.0% | |
| Some high school | 1 | 1.9% | 4 | 7.7% | |
| High school graduate | 11 | 20.4% | 11 | 21.2% | |
| Some college | 22 | 40.7% | 22 | 42.3% | |
| College graduate | 8 | 14.8% | 7 | 13.5% | |
| Some graduate school | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 1.9% | |
| Graduate School | 4 | 7.4% | 4 | 7.7% | |
| Parental education | < High School graduate | 9 | 16.7% | 7 | 13.5% |
| High school graduate | 11 | 20.4% | 11 | 21.2% | |
| Some college | 22 | 40.7% | 22 | 42.3% | |
| College graduate | 8 | 14.8% | 7 | 13.5% | |
| Post-graduate | 4 | 7.4% | 5 | 9.6% | |
| Parent's race | African American/Black | 4 | 7.5% | 2 | 3.8% |
| Asian | 1 | 1.9% | 1 | 1.9% | |
| Hispanic/Latino | 28 | 52.8% | 38 | 73.1% | |
| White | 17 | 32.1% | 8 | 15.4% | |
| Other | 3 | 5.7% | 3 | 5.8% | |
| Latino | No | 23 | 45.1% | 13 | 25.5% |
| Yes | 28 | 54.9% | 38 | 74.5% | |
| Number of Cars | 0 | 2 | 3.7% | 0 | 0.0% |
| 1 | 26 | 48.1% | 17 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | 22 | 40.7% | 25 | 49.0% | |
| 3 | 3 | 5.6% | 8 | 15.7% | |
| 4 | 1 | 1.9% | 1 | 2.0% | |
| N | M±SD | N | M±SD | ||
| Child Age | 58 | 10.1±1.2 | 55 | 10.3±1.4 | |
| Family Income ($k) | 52 | 40.0±29.7 | 43 | 37.7±18.3 | |
| Work hours/week | 51 | 26±19 | 49 | 28±20 | |
| N | % | N | % | ||
| Work hours/week categories | 0 | 12 | 23.5% | 11 | 22.4% |
| <35 | 11 | 21.6% | 12 | 24.5% | |
| 35-40 | 21 | 41.2% | 18 | 36.7% | |
| 41 - 50 | 6 | 11.8% | 5 | 10.2% | |
| >50 | 1 | 2.0% | 3 | 6.1% | |
| Birth country | Foreign born | 30 | 55.6% | 26 | 54.2% |
| US Born | 24 | 44.4% | 22 | 45.8% | |