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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Soc Care Community. 2016 Apr 4;25(2):578–589. doi: 10.1111/hsc.12345

Table 5.

Phase 2: Description of parent-child dyads (n = 14 parents and 14 children)

Variable Mean (SD) or %
Age
  Parent 33.7 (4.7)
  Child 11.2 (2.1)
Race - Black or African American 100%
No. of children living in household 2.7(1.7)
Duration at current address in months 45 (39) Median 26
Past 12 months worry about having sufficient money to pay
rent?
  Always 7.1%
  Usually 14.3%
  Sometimes 50%
  Rarely 14.3%
  Never 14.3%
Current relationship with child’s father
  Romantically involved on steady basis 7.1%
  Involved in an on-again/off-again
relationship
0%
  Just friends 28.6%
  Hardly ever talk 21.4%
  Never talk 35.7%
  Missing 7.1%
Frequency of changing plans because of childcare
responsibilities
  Often 14.3%
  Sometimes 7.1%
  Rarely 42.9%
  Never 35.7%
Proportion of time previous 24 hours
parent felt unsafe
2.8% (6.2%)
Proportion of time previous 24 hours
concerned children were unsafe
2.6% (5.0%)
Proportion of time child is under
supervision of an adult
89.6% (11.5%)
Neighbourhood Environment Scale (0–60)
  Parent 10 (3.5)
  Child 5.9 (3.5)