Table 1.

Means, standard deviations or percentages for demographic characteristics of 174 Mexican American mothers, fathers and children.

Demographic characteristics	Mothers Mean (SD) or %	Fathers Mean (SD) or %
Born in Mexico	74%	74%
Born in U.S.
Mexican origin	100%	85%
Other Latino origin	-	12%
Other/mixed race origin	-	3%
Biological parent	100%	93%
Age	37.48 (6.25)	39.75 (6.83)
BMI	29.47 (5.73)	29.87 (4.31)
Education years	11.45 (3.62)	10.94 (3.72)
Spanish-language acculturation	4.09 (1.30)	4.01 (1.10)
English-language acculturation	2.82 (1.30)	2.95 (1.12)
Occupational status	3.51 (2.20)	3.72 (1.85)
	Children
	Mean (SD)
Age	9.24 (.89)
BMI z-score	0.95 (1.02)