Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics of Parents and Adolescents in Dyads Who Completed All FLASHE Surveys (N=1,573 dyads)^a

Demographics	Parent			Adolescent
	n	Unweighted %	Weighted %	n	Unweighted %	Weighted %
Sex
Male	392	24.9	42.2	779	49.5	50.7
Female	1,179	75.0	57.5	788	50.1	49.0
Not ascertained	2	0.1	0.2	6	0.4	0.4
Age
12–13 years				528	33.6	32.2
14–15 years				537	34.1	32.8
16–17 years				506	32.2	34.7
18–34 years	177	11.3	10.0
35–44 years	684	43.5	43.0
45–59 years	666	42.3	43.6
60+ years	44	2.8	3.2
Not ascertained	2	0.1	0.2	2	0.1	0.1
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic white	1,097	69.7	59.6	1,005	63.9	54.4
Non-Hispanic black	255	16.2	11.5	251	16.0	13.5
Hispanic	115	7.3	16.3	154	9.8	16.0
Other	90	5.7	11.7	146	9.3	14.9
Not ascertained	16	1.0	1.0	17	1.1	1.2
Parent education
Less than high school	21	1.3	1.2
High school degree/GED	266	16.9	15.0
Some college	544	34.6	30.1
4-year college degree or higher	735	46.7	53.2
Not ascertained	7	0.5	0.5
Household income
$0 to $99,999	1,225	77.9	69.7
$100,000 or more	328	20.9	28.9
Not ascertained	20	1.3	1.5
Marital status
Married	1,132	72.0	77.8
Divorced, widowed, or separated	189	12.0	8.9
Never married	146	9.3	7.7
Member of an unmarried couple	90	5.7	4.5
Not ascertained	16	1.0	1.0
Home ownership
Own	1,127	71.7	70.1
Not own	427	27.2	28.7
Not ascertained	19	1.2	1.2
Number of children in the household
1	629	40.0	38.7
2	562	35.7	36.9
3 or more	378	24.0	24.2
Not ascertained	4	0.3	0.2
Parent work status
Employed for wages	894	56.8	67.0
Self-employed	126	8.0	8.9
Out of work for more than 1 year	69	4.4	3.3
Out of work for less than 1 year	34	2.2	1.5
Not in workforce (homemaker, student, or retired)	441	28.0	18.9
Not ascertained	9	0.6	0.4
Adolescent work hours
Work for pay				218	13.9	13.7
Does not work for pay				1,351	85.9	86.1
Not ascertained				4	0.3	0.2
Self-rated health status
Excellent	251	16.0	16.7	662	42.1	41.7
Very good	650	41.3	42.0	596	37.9	38.0
Good	481	30.6	31.1	226	14.4	14.7
Fair	157	10.0	8.2	77	4.9	4.9
Poor	24	1.5	1.2	7	0.5	0.4
Not ascertained	10	0.6	0.9	5	0.3	0.3

^anumber of complete dyads (1,573) corresponds to number of dyads in FLASHE who completed all four surveys (parent diet, parent physical activity, adolescent diet, and adolescent physical activity).

FLASHE, Family Life, Activity, Sun, Health, and Eating Study; GED, general educational development test