Table 1.

Mother and Child Characteristics

Characteristic	n = 169 (%)
Parent sex: female	100.0
Child sex: female	48.5
Child age, mean in months (SD)	57.6 (5.3)
Education of parent
Sixth grade or less	13.6
Eighth grade or less	16.6
Attended some high school	10.7
High school graduate or GED	24.3
Completed technical school	13.6
Attended some college	14.2
College graduate	7.1
Marital status
Married	59.8
Never married	12.4
Widowed, separated, divorced	27.8
Employment status, currently employed	23.7
Child BMI categories
Normal (<85 percentile)	52.7
Overweight (85th to <95th percentile)	20.1
Obese (≥95th percentile)	27.2
Immigrant status
Born in the United States	18.3
Born in Mexico	61.5
Born in Central America	19.0
Born in another country	1.2

SD, standard deviation; GED, General Educational Development.