Table 2.
Sociodemographic characteristics of focus group participants in Region 1* and Region 2*; Latino mothers of school-age children in San Diego County, California, April–May 2011
| Total (n 41) | Region 1 (n 20) | Region 2 (n 21) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean or n | sd or % | Mean or n | sd or % | Mean or n | sd or % | P value | |
| Age (years), mean and sd † | 40·7 | 6·7 | 37·3 | 3·7 | 44·0 | 7·3 | 0·07 |
| Age group | |||||||
| 32–39 years | 19 | 49 | 14 | 74 | 5 | 25 | |
| 40–49 years | 17 | 43 | 5 | 26 | 12 | 60 | |
| 50–62 years | 3 | 8 | – | 3 | 15 | ||
| Married/living as married | 30 | 73 | 17 | 85 | 13 | 62 | 0·10 |
| Education† | 0·24 | ||||||
| <High school | 16 | 42 | 9 | 53 | 7 | 33 | |
| High school/equivalent | 12 | 32 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 43 | |
| >High school | 10 | 26 | 5 | 29 | 5 | 26 | |
| Unemployed/homemaker | 23 | 56 | 11 | 61 | 12 | 57 | 0·80 |
| Yearly household income† | 0·08 | ||||||
| ≤$US 20 000 | 14 | 41 | 8 | 53 | 6 | 32 | |
| $US 20 001–40 000 | 15 | 44 | 7 | 47 | 8 | 42 | |
| >$US 40 001 | 5 | 15 | – | 5 | 26 | ||
| Country of birth‡ | – | ||||||
| USA | 3 | 9 | – | 3 | 14 | ||
| Mexico | 36 | 88 | 20 | 100 | 16 | 76 | |
| Argentina | 2 | 5 | – | 2 | 10 | ||
*
Region 1, East San Diego School District; Region 2, West San Diego School District.
†
Missing data: two participants did not report age; three participants did not report education level; seven participants did not report income.
‡
Country of birth was obtained by hand raising during the focus group.