TABLE 1—
Baseline Demographics and Housing Characteristics of Children in the Head-off Environmental Asthma in Louisiana (HEAL) Study: New Orleans, LA, 2006
| Characteristic | % or Mean ±SD (n = 182) |
| Demographics | |
| Male | 54 |
| Race/ethnicity | |
| African American | 67 |
| Hispanic | 7 |
| White or other | 26 |
| At least 1 household member employed | 91 |
| Household income < $15 000 | 25 |
| At least 1 smoker in household | 32 |
| Total no. of people in household | |
| 2–3 | 29 |
| 4–5 | 57 |
| ≥ 6 | 14 |
| Caretaker married | 54 |
| Caretaker completed high school | 88 |
| Housing | |
| No. of times moved since Katrina | 3.09 ±2.03 |
| Current housing type | |
| Single-family detached house | 64 |
| Multifamily house (duplex, triplex, or row house) | 23 |
| Apartment | 8 |
| Federal Emergency Management Agency trailer | 5 |
| Current housing damage | |
| Flooding only | 23 |
| Roof leak only | 25 |
| Flooding and roof leak | 14 |
| None | 38 |
| Mold air samplinga | |
| Indoor total | 502 |
| Outdoor total | 3958 |
a
Spores per cubic meter reported as geometric means.