Table 2.
Characteristics | Total analytic sample n=160 familiesa | Intervention n=81 familiesa | Control n=79 familiesa |
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Household Demographics | |||
Economic assistanceb (n, % yes) | 62 (39%) | 36 (44%) | 26 (33%) |
Parent Demographics | |||
Age (mean, standard deviation) | 41.3 (7.7) | 41.3 (8.0) | 41.3 (7.4) |
Sex (n, % female) | 152 (95%) | 76 (94%) | 76 (96%) |
Ethnicity (n, %) | |||
Hispanic | 5 (3%) | 2 (2%) | 3 (4%) |
Race (n, %) | |||
White | 123 (77%) | 63 (78%) | 60 (76%) |
Black | 24 (15%) | 12 (15%) | 12 (15%) |
American Indian, Asian or Multi-racial | 13 (8%) | 6 (7%) | 7 (9%) |
Education (n, %) | |||
≤ Associates Degree | 64 (41%) | 30 (38%) | 34 (44%) |
≥Bachelor’s degree | 91 (59%) | 48 (62%) | 43 (56%) |
Weight statusc,d (n, %) | |||
Normal (BMI<25) | 62 (39%) | 35 (44%) | 27 (35%) |
Overweight/Obese (BMI≥25) | 95 (61%) | 44 (56%) | 51 (65%) |
Child Demographics | |||
Age (mean, standard deviation) | 10.3 (1.4) | 10.5 (1.4) | 10.1 (1.4) |
Sex (n, % female) | 75 (47%) | 37 (47%) | 38 (47%) |
Ethnicity (n, %) | |||
Hispanic | 15 (9%) | 7 (9%) | 8 (10%) |
Race (n, %) | |||
White | 109 (68%) | 56 (69%) | 53 (67%) |
Black | 28 (18%) | 13 (16%) | 15 (19%) |
American Indian, Asian, Multi-racial | 23 (14%) | 12 (15%) | 11 (14%) |
Weight statusd (n, %) | |||
BMI%<85th | 90 (56%) | 48 (59%) | 42 (53%) |
85th%≤BMI% <95th | 36 (23%) | 16 (20%) | 20 (25%) |
≥95th | 34 (21%) | 17 (21%) | 17 (22%) |
Numbers may be reduced by varying small amounts because of incidental missing data.
Economic assistance was defined by either being eligible for free or reduced priced lunches at school or household receipt of public assistance
Two pregnant women in the intervention condition and one in the control condition were not included in weight status descriptives.
Weight status categories as defined by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.81