Table 1.
Characteristics of study sample (N = 218)
| N | % | N | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Race/ethnicity, primary caregiver | Caregiver’s employment status | ||||
| African American, non-Hispanic | 197 | 90.4 | Never employed | 29 | 13.3 |
| African American, Hispanic | 3 | 1.4 | Employed in the last five years | 62 | 28.4 |
| Multi-racial, non-Hispanic | 17 | 7.8 | Currently employed | 127 | 58.3 |
| Multi-racial, Hispanic | 1 | .5 | |||
| Relationship to child | Family income-to-needs ratio | ||||
| Mother | 185 | 84.9 | <100% poverty | 109 | 50.0 |
| Father | 11 | 5.0 | 100–179% poverty | 48 | 22.0 |
| Grandparent | 15 | 6.9 | 180% + poverty | 52 | 23.9 |
| Other relative | 7 | 3.2 | Missing | 9 | 4.1 |
| Caregiver’s educational attainment | Gender of target child | ||||
| Less than high school | 52 | 23.9 | Boy | 113 | 51.8 |
| High school/GED | 90 | 41.3 | Girl | 105 | 48.2 |
| More than high school | 76 | 34.9 | |||
| No. children ≤ 17 in the household | Race/ethnicity, child | ||||
| One | 43 | 19.7 | African American, non-Hispanic | 192 | 88.1 |
| Two or three | 105 | 48.1 | African American, Hispanic | 4 | 1.8 |
| Four or more | 70 | 32.1 | Multi-racial, non-Hispanic | 18 | 8.3 |
| Multi-racial, Hispanic | 4 | 1.8 |