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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Psychol. 2016 Feb 11;35(6):541–551. doi: 10.1037/hea0000318

Table 1.

Participant Characteristics at Baseline.

Caregiver Characteristics
Demographics
Age [M (SD)] 34.01 (9.88)
Female [n (%)] 267 (79.9%)
Race/Ethnicity[n (%)]
 White, Non-Hispanic 158 (47.3)
 Black, Non-Hispanic 80 (24.0%)
 Hispanic 54 (16.2%)
 Other 42 (12.6%)
Completed education beyond high school [n (%)] 129 (38.7%)
Income below $25,000 [n (%)] 220 (70.8%)
Cigarettes smoked per day [M (SD)] 14.09 (10.16)
Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence[M (SD)] 4.10 (2.33)
Other smokers lived in the home [n (%)] 131 (43.4%)
Total home smoking ban in place [n (%)] 214 (64.1%)

Child Characteristics

Demographics
Age [M (SD)] 5.07 (4.48)
Female [n (%)] 140 (41.9%)
Asthma-related variables
Number of doctor visits during the past year [M (SD)] 5.97 (10.78)
Number of emergency room visits during the past year [M (SD)] 3.02 (4.66)
Asthma symptom days in the past month [M (SD)] 9.56 (10.03)
Uses a controller medication [n (%)] 204 (62%)