Table 2.
Baseline Characteristics for the 10-Month-Old Analytic Sample
| Family characteristics |
n = 412 |
|
|---|---|---|
| |
Control (n = 210) |
Intervention (n = 202) |
| Mother (prenatal) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) |
| Age (years) | 28.8 (8.5) | 28.9 (5.9) |
| n (%) | n (%) | |
| Primiparous | 75 (35.7) | 62 (30.7) |
| Education (less than high school) | 64 (30.5) | 76 (37.6) |
| Working | 63 (30.1) | 49 (24.4) |
| Married or living as married | 152 (72.4) | 149 (73.8) |
| US born | 38 (18.1) | 40 (19.8) |
| Depressive symptoms | 65 (31.0) | 68 (33.8) |
| Household food insecurity | 70 (34.5) | 60 (30.2) |
| WIC participant | 180 (85.7) | 180 (89.1) |
| SNAP participant | 77 (36.7) | 76 (37.6) |
| Prepregnancy obese status | 61 (29.0) | 55 (27.4) |
| |
n = 412 |
|
|---|---|---|
| |
Control (n = 210) |
Intervention (n = 202) |
| Child (birth) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) |
| Birth weight (kg)a |
3.40 (0.49) |
3.37(0.45) |
| |
n (%) |
n (%) |
| Large for gestational agea |
27 (12.9) |
17 (8.5) |
| C-sectiona |
50 (23.9) |
46 (22.5) |
| Premature <37 weeks gestational agea |
4 (2.0) |
6 (3.2) |
| Male sex | 104 (49.5) | 98 (48.5) |
a
Control, n = 209; Intervention, n = 200.
WIC, Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children; SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as food stamps; SD, standard deviation.