Table 1.
Child and Parent Demographic Characteristics in a Study of Parent's Perceptions of Child Health Behaviors During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Children Ages 4–12 in San Francisco, CA (n = 145)
Child Demographics | % |
Sex | |
Male | 45 |
Female | 55 |
Grade level at start of shelter-in-place | |
Not yet in school | 3 |
Preschool or TK | 22 |
K–1st | 20 |
2–3 | 24 |
4–5 | 23 |
6–7 | 6 |
Insurance type | |
Public | 90 |
Private | 10 |
Race-ethnicity | |
Latino | 77 |
African-American | 8 |
Asian | 2 |
White | 2 |
Pacific Islander | 0.7 |
Mixed race-ethnicity | 10 |
Main language spoken in home | |
Spanish | 70 |
English | 27 |
Other | 3 |
Parent Demographics | |
Parent country of origin | |
United States | 25 |
Mexico | 30 |
El Salvador | 22 |
Guatemala | 9 |
Honduras | 8 |
Peru | 4 |
Other | 6 |
Parent educational level | |
Less than high school degree | 36 |
High school degree | 48 |
College degree or beyond | 16 |
Employed outside the home prior to March 16, 2020 | 70 |
COVID-19 indicates coronavirus disease 2019.