Table 1 Baseline parent and child characteristics among participants in the parents and tots together intervention (N = 110)
N (%) | |
|---|---|
Parent relation to child | |
Mother | 101 (92.7%) |
Stepmother | 1 (0.9%) |
Foster-mother | 1 (0.9%) |
Father | 5 (4.6%) |
Grandparent | 1 (0.9%) |
Parent marital status | |
Married | 49 (45.8%) |
Not married, living with a Partner | 31 (29.0%) |
Single | 22 (20.6%) |
Divorced | 2 (1.9%) |
Separated | 3 (2.8%) |
Race/Ethnicity | |
Hispanic/Latino | 58 (55.2%) |
White | 14 (13.3%) |
Black | 23 (21.9%) |
Other | 10 (9.5%) |
Total household income | |
< $20, 000 | 34 (30.9%) |
$20,000-$45,000 | 36 (32.8%) |
$46,000-$99,999 | 6 (5.4%) |
$100,000 or more | 4 (3.6%) |
Don’t know/Refused | 30 (27.3%) |
Parent education obtained | |
8th grade or less | 22 (21.2%) |
Some high school | 19 (18.3%) |
Graduated high school | 18 (17.3%) |
Some college or Technical school | 23 (22.1%) |
Post graduate rraining or degree | 21 (20.2%) |
Don’t know | 1 (1.0%) |
Parent stress level | Mean stress level (SD) = 28.38 (10.691) |
Normal stress | 88 (80%) |
High stress | 22 (20%) |
Child age (years) | Mean age (SD) =3.15 (1.0) |
2 | 36 (32.7) |
3 | 36 (32.7) |
4 | 25 (22.8) |
5 | 13 (11.8) |
Child gender | |
Male | 56 (50.9%) |
Female | 54 (49.1%) |
Child BMI categorization | |
Normal weight | 52 (51.5%) |
Overweight/Obese | 49 (48.5%) |
Child physical activity (Active Play) | |
Weekday | |
<1 hour/day | 36 (33.0%) |
≥ 1 hour/day | 73 (67.0%) |
Weekend day | |
<1 hour/day | 28 (26.9%) |
≥ 1 hour/day | 76 (73.1%) |
Child TV viewing | Mean viewing Hrs. (SD) = 3.48 (1.040) |
Weekday | |
≥ 2 hour/day | 55 (51.9%) |
<2 hour/day | 51 (48.1%) |
Weekend Day | Mean viewing Hrs. (SD) = 3.45 (1.152) |
≥ 2 hour/day | 56 (52.8%) |
<2 hour/day | 50 (47.2%) |
Parent limiting of TV viewing | |
Disagree | 22 (20.0%) |
Agree | 88 (80.0%) |