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Table 4 Maternal and paternal socio-demographic information from the birth certificate

From: The Linked CENTURY Study: linking three decades of clinical and public health data to examine disparities in childhood obesity

 

Maternal (N = 200,343)

Paternal (N = 188,334)

Characteristic

N

Mean (SD) or %

N

Mean (SD) or %

Age, years

199986

30 (6)

175425

32 (6)

Race/ethnicity

    

 White

151643

76.7 %

146572

79.0 %

 Black

23144

11.7 %

18487

10.0 %

 Hispanic

9123

4.6 %

7992

4.3 %

 Asian

11421

5.8 %

10105

5.5 %

 Other

2396

1.2 %

2334

1.3 %

Education

    

 <12 years

2433

1.2 %

2070

1.1 %

 12 years

67141

34.0 %

64515

35.1 %

 13–15 years

100254

50.8 %

83868

45.6 %

 16+ years

27672

14.0 %

33489

18.2 %

US born

    

 No

39972

20.1 %

39671

21.5 %

 Yes

158965

79.9 %

144668

78.5 %