Table 2.
Characteristics of study participants at baseline.
| Variable | Urine Samples |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overalla |
Mothersa |
Childrena |
pb |
|
| n = 62 | n = 32 | n = 30 | ||
| Child Sex | – | |||
| Male | 18(60.0%) | |||
| Female | – | – | 12(40.0%) | |
| Ethnicity | 0.99 | |||
| African American | 24 (38.7%) | 12 (40.0%) | 12(37.5%) | |
| Dominican American | 38 (61.3%) | 18 (60.0%) | 20 (62.5%) | |
| Child Age (years) | – | – | 4.8 (0.8) | – |
| Maternal Age (years) | – | 32.6 (4.1) | – | – |
| Avg Times Hands Washed/Day | 0.03 | |||
| 1–2 | 6 (9.7%) | 2 (6.3%) | 4(13.3%) | |
| 3–5 | 29 (46.8%) | 11 (34.4%) | 18(60.0%) | |
| 6–8 | 14 (22.6%) | 8 (25.0%) | 6 (20.0%) | |
| 9+ | 13 (21.0%) | 11 (34.4%) | 2 (6.7%) | |
| Avg Hours/Day Spent in Home | 0.43 | |||
| 1–4 | 21 (33.9%) | 12 (37.5%) | 9 (30.0%) | |
| 5–6 | 18 (29.0%) | 7(21.9%) | 11 (36.7%) | |
| 7+ | 23 (37.1) | 13 (40.6%) | 10(33.3%) | |
| Maternal Education | – | |||
| Some high school | – | 12 (37.5%) | – | |
| High school degree | – | 15 (46.9%) | – | |
| Some college | – | 5(15.6%) | – | |
a
Values are mean (standard deviation) or number (%).
b
P-values are from paired t-test or Fisher’s exact test for differences between mothers and children.