Table 1.
Sample characteristics.
| Grandparents (n = 44) |
Parents (n = 72) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
| Caregiver Age* | 61 | 6 | 31 | 5 | |
| Caregiver BMI** | 26.8 | 5.1 | 26.0 | 6.6 | |
| Hours per week grandparents care for 2-4-year-old | 15.7 | 8.7 | |||
| N | % | N | % | ||
| Caregiver Gender | Male | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Female | 38 | 86 | 72 | 100 | |
| Caregiver Household Income | £0-£10,000 | 5 | 11.4 | 3 | 4.2 |
| £10,000-£20,000 | 8 | 18.2 | 7 | 9.7 | |
| £20,000-£30,000 | 6 | 13.6 | 19 | 26.4 | |
| £30,000-£40,000 | 10 | 22.7 | 21 | 29.2 | |
| £40,000+ | 12 | 27.3 | 20 | 26.4 | |
| Missing | 3 | 6.8 | 3 | 4.2 | |
| Caregiver Ethnicity | White | 40 | 91 | 61 | 85 |
| Asian or Asian British | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | |
| Black or Black British | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mixed Ethnic Group | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | |
| Child Age | 2 | 15 | 34.1 | 18 | 25.0 |
| 3 | 16 | 36.4 | 35 | 48.6 | |
| 4 | 13 | 29.5 | 19 | 26.4 | |
| Child Gender | Male | 18 | 40.9 | 31 | 43.1 |
| Female | 26 | 59.1 | 41 | 56.9 | |
| Child BMI | Healthy weight | 16 | 36.4 | 21 | 29.2 |
| Overweight | 8 | 18.2 | 8 | 11.1 | |
| Obese | 6 | 13.6 | 12 | 16.7 | |
| Underweight | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8.3 | |
| Missing | 14 | 31.8 | 25 | 34.7 | |
*Missing data for 2 grandparents and 1 parent.
**Missing data for 7 grandparents and 10 parents.