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. 2018 Jan 1;27(5):1594–1604. doi: 10.1007/s10826-017-0987-y

Table 2.

Characteristics of participants in the Building Wealth and Health Network RCT, over course of study, Philadelphia 2014–2015

Time periods
Baseline (n = 103) Month 9 (n = 52) Month 12 (n = 53) Month 15 (n = 46)
N % N % N % N %
Intervention group
Control 31 (30.1) 19 (36.5) 17 (32.1) 14 (30.4)
Partial 35 (34.0) 15 (28.8) 18 (34.0) 15 (32.6)
Full 37 (35.9) 18 (34.6) 18 (34.0) 17 37.0
Caregiver gender
Female 97 (94.2) 48 (92.3) 49 (92.5) 42 (91.3)
Male 6 (5.8) 4 (7.7) 4 (7.5) 4 (8.7)
Immigration status
US Born 101 (98.1) 50 (96.2) 51 (96.2) 45 (97.8)
Foreign born 2 (1.9) 2 (3.8) 2 (3.8) 1 (2.2)
Race/ethnicity
Black non-Hispanic 91 (88.3) 47 (90.4) 49 (92.5) 42 (91.3)
Hispanic 5 (4.9) 1 (1.9) 1 (1.9) 1 (2.2)
Other 5 (4.9) 2 (3.8) 2 (3.8) 2 (4.3)
White non-Hispanic 2 (1.9) 2 (3.8) 1 (1.9) 1 (2.2)
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual 86 (83.5) 46 (88.5) 47 (88.7) 41 (89.1)
Bisexual 14 (13.6) 6 (11.5) 6 (11.3) 5 (10.9)
Gay or lesbian 3 (2.9) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marital status
Living with a partner 12 (11.7) 5 (9.6) 7 (13.2) 5 (10.9)
Married 1 (1.0) 3 (5.8) 2 (3.8) 2 (4.3)
Never married 87 (84.5) 42 (80.8) 43 (81.1) 37 (80.4) 
Separated 3 (2.9) 2 (3.8) 1 (1.9) 2 (4.3)
Education
Some high school or grade school 30 (29.1) 15 (28.8) 14 (26.4) 14 (30.4)
High school grad or GED 35 (34.0) 16 (30.8) 15 (28.3) 14 (30.4)
At least some college and above 38 (36.9) 21 (40.4) 24 (45.3) 18 (39.1)

The Cochran-Armitage and Jonckheere-Terpstra tests showed no differences in the distribution of characteristics across time