Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of individual- and neighborhood-level characteristics, Geographic Research on Wellbeing (GROW) study, CA, USA, 2012–2013, N = 2619

Characteristics	N	Weighted (%)	Prevalence of asthma (%)
Total sample			13.2
Neighborhood poverty mobility
Non-poor both times	1788	64.5	11.8
Poor both times	396	17.8	16.7
Moved into a poor neighborhood	158	6.2	19.5
Moved out of a poor neighborhood	277	11.5	12.2
Child age
4–5 years	653	23.4	12.4
6–7 years	1.045	37.6	12.0
8–10 years	921	39.1	14.8
Child sex
Boy	1370	52.3	15.8
Girl	1249	47.7	10.3
Child race/ethnicity
Asian/Pacific Islander	191	11.0	15.4
Black, non-Hispanic	235	5.2	29.8
Latino/a	1235	54.7	12.5
White, non-Hispanic	753	21.9	9.9
More than one race	205	7.2	13.4
Mother’s marital status
Married or cohabiting	2193	84.2	12.9
Separated/divorced/widowed	187	6.9	12.7
Single/never married	239	8.9	16.7
Mother’s education
Less than high school	400	19.0	12.5
High school/GED	459	21.6	11.7
Some college	634	23.3	16.5
College graduate or more	1126	36.2	12.3
Family income
Non-poor both times	1712	58.4	13.0
Poor both times	454	21.2	13.3
Became poor	185	7.9	15.7
Became non-poor	268	12.6	12.2
Mother neighborhood dissatisfaction	225	9.2	18.6

Note. Family income and neighborhood mobility were measured at the time of both the MIHA and GROW surveys, and other variables were measured at the time of the GROW survey