Table 2.
Baseline characteristics of the population
| Parent Characteristics | Median (Inter-quartile range) or Percentage |
Correlation with PSOC-5 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 31.45 (27.65–35.96) | −.01 | |
| Gender (female) | 97.8% | .01 | |
| Highest Education | |||
| Less than High School | 31.3% | ||
| Some High School | 30.1% | ||
| High School Graduate or Higher | 38.6% | ||
| Body Mass Index (kg/m2) | 28.75 (25.62–32.58) | .01 | |
| Household SNAP participation | |||
| Yes | 75.5% | ||
| No | 24.5% | ||
| Child Characteristics | |||
| Age (years) | 4.32 (3.60–5.11) | .09* | |
| Gender (female) | 51.4% | .02 | |
| Body Mass Index Percentile (%)1 | 79.10 (66.80–88.50) | .03 | |
| Race/Ethnicity | |||
| Hispanic/Latino | 90.2% | ||
| African American | 6.5% | ||
| Other | 3.3% | . | |
| Child Outcomes of Interest | |||
| Diet (24 hour diet recall; HEI) | 65.46 (56.55−73.16) | .06 | |
| Physical Activity (Accelerometry, minutes of MPVA) |
98.00 (74.61−118.96) | −.02 | |
| Sleep (mins) | 630 (600 – 690) | .17** | |
| Meal-time Media Exposure: (Meals/week eaten in front of TV) |
2 (0–3) | −.17** | |
Spearman’s ρ shown for correlations between Parenting Sense of Competence Scale (PSOC-5) and each variable.
1
Study inclusion criteria were limited to Body Mass Index percentile >50th and <95th.
*
p < 0.05;
**
p < 0.01
SNAP=Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. HEI=Healthy Eating Index. MVPA=Moderate or vigorous physical activity