Table 1.
Parent-reported demographic characteristics of participants recruited from two full-service restaurants and two quick-service restaurants participating in a pilot intervention promoting healthier* kids’ meals (n=28 families)
Child sex | 57.1% male, 42.9% female |
Child grade | 39.3% 1st, 14.3% 2nd, 32.1% 3rd, 14.3% 4th |
Child ethnicity | 14.3% Hispanic/Latino, 82.1% non-Hispanic, 3.6% preferred not to answer |
Child race | 78.6% White, 3.6% Black/African-American, 3.6% Asian, 3.6% American Indian/Alaskan Native, 3.6% Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, 3.6% multiracial |
Child eligibility for free- or reduced-price school meals | 17.9% eligible, 78.6% ineligible, 3.6% did not know or preferred not to answer |
Primary language spoken at home | 100% English |
How often does child eat at any restaurant? | 10.7% a few times/year or less, 17.9% once/month, 46.4% a few times/month, 17.9% 1–3 times/week, 7.1% 4+ times/week |
How often does child eat at this restaurant? | 78.6% a few times/year or less, 21.4% once/month, 10.7% a few times/month, 0% 1–3 times/week, 0% 4+ times/week |
Parent relationship to child | 64.3% mother, 35.7% father; 89.2% primary caregivers |
Parent age M (SD) | 40.0 (5.5) |
Parent marital status | 92.9% married |
Parent education level | 10.7% high school, 35.7% some college or Associate’s degree, 39.3% Bachelor’s degree, 14.3% graduate degree 14.3% Hispanic/Latino, 85.7% non-Hispanic |
Parent ethnicity | 82.1% White, 0% African-American, 10.7% Asian, 0% American Indian/Alaskan Native, 3.6% Native |
Parent race | Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, 0% multiracial |
According to the National Restaurant Association’s Kids LiveWell program