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. 2015 Apr;105(4):625–628. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302422

TABLE 1—

Parent, Teacher, and Staff Demographic Descriptions, Percentages and Means: North Bay Children’s Center, Marin, CA

Demographics Teachers and Staff (n = 14) Parents (n = 15)
Gender, 5
 Men 7 7
 Women 93 93
Mean age, y 48 35
Ethnicity, %
 Non-Hispanic 86 60
 Hispanic 14 40
Race, %
 White (non-Hispanic) 85 40
 White (Hispanic) 8 33
 Black or African American 13
 Asian 8 7
 Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
 American Indian or Alaska Native
 Other 7
Education, %
 < elementary school
 Elementary school complete 7
 < high school 7
 High school complete (or GED) 13
 Technical or junior college; vocational training 7 7
 Some college (incomplete) 36 27
 College complete (e.g., bachelor’s degree) 36 27
 Graduate school (e.g., master’s degree) 14 20
Mean no. of persons in household 3 4
Household Income, $, %
 < 10 000 7
 10 000–20 000 21 13
 20 001–30 000 7 47
 30 001–40 000
 40 001–50 000 7
 50 001–70 000 21
 70 001–100 000 14 13
 > 100 000 29 20
Overall health, %
 Excellent 36 13
 Good 50 87
 Fair 14
 Poor
Food security in last 12 mo, %
 We have enough food and of the type and quality we like. 79 80
 We have enough food but not always of the type and quality we’d like. 14 13
 Sometimes, we don’t have enough food. 7 7
 Frequently, we don’t have enough food.
Rely on food pantry, %
 Never 86 53
 Sometimes 33
 Frequently 14 13
 Always

Note. GED = graduate equivalency diploma.