Table 2.
Sociodemographic characteristics of survey respondents.
N | % | ||
---|---|---|---|
Parent gender | Female | 732 | 82.0 |
Male | 161 | 18.0 | |
Race | White | 726 | 81.3 |
Black/African-American | 106 | 11.9 | |
American Indian | 27 | 3.0 | |
Asian | 40 | 1.5 | |
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 3 | 0.3 | |
Other | 25 | 2.8 | |
Ethnicity | Hispanic | 109 | 12.2 |
Not Hispanic | 784 | 87.8 | |
Number of children under 18 in the household | 1 | 384 | 43.0 |
2 | 313 | 35.1 | |
3 | 132 | 14.8 | |
4 | 47 | 5.3 | |
5 or more | 17 | 1.9 | |
Parental health insurance | Private insurance plan | 443 | 49.6 |
Medicare | 100 | 11.2 | |
Medicaid | 258 | 28.9 | |
Veterans health insurance | 22 | 2.4 | |
Other government health care program | 69 | 7.7 | |
No health insurance | 62 | 6.9 | |
Don’t know | 9 | 1.0 | |
Highest level of education completed by parent | Less than high school graduate | 26 | 2.9 |
High school graduate/GED | 170 | 19.0 | |
Some college but no degree | 188 | 21.1 | |
Technical/vocational or Associate’s degree | 165 | 18.5 | |
Bachelor’s degree | 237 | 26.5 | |
Graduate degree | 107 | 12.0 | |
Region of residence | Midwest | 197 | 22.1 |
Northeast | 179 | 20.0 | |
South | 366 | 41.0 | |
West | 143 | 16.0 | |
US Territory | 8 | 0.9 | |
Parent age (years) | Mean [standard deviation] | 31.3 [6.7] | |
Median [Q1, Q3] | 30 [26, 35] | ||
Child’s age (years) | Mean [standard deviation] | 2.8 [1.7] | |
Median [Q1, Q3] | 2.8 [1.4, 4.3] |