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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 31.
Published in final edited form as: Fam Syst Health. 2015 Nov 30;34(1):15–30. doi: 10.1037/fsh0000116

Table 6.

Baseline socio-demographic characteristics of children and parents

Experiment Group
(families n=24)
Control Group
(families n=26)

Child age 6–8 (total n=22) Experimental Group (child 6–8 yrs. n=8) Control Group (child 6–8 yrs. n=14)

Age (Mean(SD)) 7.13 (0.83) 7.07 (0.83)

Gender (N(%))
Female 4 (50.0) 6 (42.9)
Male 4 (50.0) 8 (57.1)

Child age 9–12 (total n=28) Experimental Group (child 9–12 yrs. n=16) Control Group (child 9–12 yrs. n=12)

Age (Mean (SD)) 10.19 (1.11) 10.17 (1.11)

Gender
Female 8 (50.0) 6 (50.0)
Male 8 (50.0) 6 (50.0)

Parent (total n=50) Experimental Group (parent n=24) Control Group (parent n=26)

Age 40.76 (6.09) 37.19 (5.34)

Gender
Female 22 (91.7) 25 (96.2)
Male 2 (8.3) 1 (3.8)

Ethnicity/Race (N(%))
White 16 (66.7) 18 (69.2)
Black/AA 5 (20.8) 5 (19.3)
Hispanic/Latino 3 (12.5) 1 (3.8)
American Indian 0 (0.0) 2 (7.7)

# of Child (N(%))
1 6 (25.0) 2 (7.7)
2 5 (20.8) 11 (42.3)
3 8 (33.3) 6 (23.1)
4 3 (12.5) 6 (23.1)
5 1 (4.2) 1 (3.8)
10 1 (4.2) 0 (0.0)

Education (N(%))
< High School 1 (4.2) 1 (3.8)
High School 4 (16.7) 0 (0.0)
In College 4 (16.7) 9 (34.6)
College 12 (50.0) 16 (61.6)
over College 3 (12.5) 0 (0.0)

Income (N(%))
 − $20,000 2 (8.3) 1 (3.8)
$20,000 – $34,999 4 (16.7) 1 (3.8)
$35,000 – $49,999 6 (25.0) 6 (23.1)
$50,000 – $74,999 4 (16.7) 7 (26.9)
$75,000 – $99,999 6 (25.0) 8 (30.8)
$100,000 + 2 (8.3) 3 (11.5)