Table 1.

Participant Characteristics (n=39)

Age of participating mothers and their children
Mean mother age in years (SD)	32.0 (5.5)
Mean child age in years (SD)	3.6 (0.5)
Child gender, male, %	62
Mean no. of children under the age of 18 living in the home (SD)	2.8 (1.6)
Mean number of hours of child television viewing per day (SD)	4.1 (1.3)
Married or living with a partner, %	85
Educational status, %
Less than high school	39
High school diploma or GED	51
Some college or college graduate	10
Mean number of years lived in the United States (SD)	11.8 (5.0)
Ancestry, %
Participant's mother was born in Mexico	100
Participant's father was born in Mexico	100
Both of participant's maternal grandparents were born in Mexico	100
Both of participant's paternal grandparents were born in Mexico	100
Acculturation, %
Strong Mexican orientation	82.5
Strong Anglo orientation	5.0
Weak Mexican and Anglo orientation	2.5
Strong Mexican and Anglo orientation	10.0

SD, standard deviation; GED, General Educational Development.