Table 1.
Family Characteristics and Prenatal Internal Locus of Control over the Prevention of Child Obesity (LOC-PCO)
| Characteristics | Study Sample (n=559) n (%) |
Internal LOC-PCOa Mean (SD) |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US born | Yes No |
117 (20.9) 442 (79.1) |
19.26 (1.49) 18.94 (1.70) |
.05 |
| Education, less than HS | Yes No |
184 (32.9) 375 (67.1) |
18.56 (1.87) 19.22 (1.50) |
<.001 |
| Marital status, single | Yes No |
165 (29.6) 393 (70.4) |
18.81 (1.75) 19.08 (1.61) |
.06 |
| Working | Yes No |
143 (25.6) 416 (74.4) |
19.13 (1.69) 18.96 (1.65) |
.08 |
| First child | Yes No |
212 (38.0) 347 (62.1) |
19.12 (1.61) 18.93 (1.68) |
.08 |
| Depressive symptoms | Yes No |
195 (34.9) 363 (65.1) |
18.84 (1.65) 19.09 (1.66) |
.02 |
| Pre-pregnancy BMI ≥ 25 | Yes No |
344 (61.5) 215 (38.5) |
18.97 (1.67) 19.07 (1.64) |
.41 |
a
Internal LOC-PCO scores were based the sum of four questions with scores ranging from 4 to 20. Higher scores represent higher internal locus of control.