Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of asthmatic and nonasthmatic study participants (N = 357).
| Demographic Characteristics | All N = 357 (%) |
Asthmatics N = 80 (%) |
Nonasthmatics N = 277 (%) |
p-Value a |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Language of survey | ||||
| English | 229 (64.2) | 59 (73.8) | 170 (61.4) | 0.04 |
| Spanish | 128 (35.8) | 21 (26.3) | 107 (38.6) | |
| Sex | ||||
| Female | 196 (54.9) | 41 (51.3) | 155 (56.0) | 0.46 |
| Male | 161 (45.1) | 39 (48.8) | 122 (44.0) | |
| Race/Ethnicity | ||||
| Latino | 333 (93.3) | 74 (92.5) | 259 (93.5) | 0.38 |
| White | 18 (5.0) | 5 (6.3) | 13 (4.7) | |
| Black | 3 (0.8) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (1.1) | |
| Native American | 1 (0.3) | 1 (1.3) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Other | 2 (0.6) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.7) | |
| Age | ||||
| 5–6 years | 32 (9.0) | 9 (11.3) | 23 (8.3) | 0.69 |
| 7 years | 131 (36.7) | 28 (35.0) | 103 (37.2) | |
| 8 years | 148 (41.5) | 35 (43.8) | 113 (40.8) | |
| 9–10 years | 46 (12.9) | 8 (10.0) | 38 (13.7) | |
| Health Insurance | ||||
| Public | 251 (70.3) | 51 (63.8) | 200 (72.2) | 0.01 |
| Private | 72 (20.2) | 25 (31.3) | 47 (17.0) | |
| None | 34 (9.5) | 4 (5.0) | 30 (10.8) | |
| Total Household Income | ||||
| Less than $15,000 | 107 (30.0) | 22 (27.5) | 85 (30.7) | 0.01 |
| $15,000 to $29,999 | 71 (19.9) | 15 (18.8) | 56 (20.2) | |
| $30,000 to $49,999 | 54 (15.1) | 8 (10.0) | 46 (16.6) | |
| More than $50,000 | 51 (14.3) | 21 (26.3) | 30 (10.8) | |
| Don’t know | 74 (20.7) | 14 (17.5) | 60 (21.7) | |
| Parent/caregiver education b | ||||
| Less than 12th grade | 90 (25.2) | 13 (16.3) | 77 (27.8) | 0.08 |
| Completed 12th grade | 90 (25.2) | 23 (28.8) | 67 (24.2) | |
| Some college or technical school | 122 (34.2) | 30 (37.5) | 92 (33.2) | |
| 4 years of college or more | 35 (9.8) | 12 (15.0) | 23 (8.3) | |
| Missing | 20 (5.6) | 2 (2.5) | 18 (6.5) | |
| Two-adult household | ||||
| Yes | 202 (56.6) | 46 (57.5) | 156 (56.3) | 0.50 |
| No | 142 (39.8) | 34 (42.5) | 108 (39.0) | |
| Missing | 13 (3.6) | 0 (0.0) | 13 (4.7) |
a As determined by chi-squared or Fisher’s exact test. b Education level of survey respondent.