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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Appetite. 2017 Jun 15;117:91–97. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2017.06.015

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