Table 2.
Demographic characteristics of participating Latina mothers and their children (N = 361)
| Total sample Mean (SD) or % (n) |
Intervention (n = 180) Mean (SD) / % (n) |
Control (n = 181) Mean (SD) / % (n) |
Sig. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parent/home characteristics | ||||
| Mean age | 38.5 (7.9) | 38.4 (8.1) | 38.6 (7.8) | n.s. |
| % married/living as married | 94% (338) | 96% (173) | 91% (165) | p ≤ .05 |
| Mean # of children in home | 2.00 | 2.0 | 2.0 | n.s. |
| % completed high school | 49% (175) | 49% (89) | 48% (86) | n.s. |
| % employed | 35% (125) | 38% (69) | 31% (56) | n.s. |
| % on food assistance | 52% (186) | 54% (96) | 50% (90) | n.s. |
| % own a home | 43% (154) | 45% (80) | 41% (74) | n.s. |
| % foreign born | 82% (295) | 78% (141) | 85% (154) | n.s. |
| Child characteristics | ||||
| Mean age | 10.0 (1.9) | 10.0 (1.8) | 9.9 (2.0) | n.s. |
| % female | 50% (181) | 48% (86) | 53% (95) | n.s. |
| % foreign born | 19% (68) | 21% (37) | 17% (31) | n.s. |