Table 1 Participant characteristics
From: Mothers’ Facebook posts about infant health: findings from the Grow2Gether study
Age, y, mean (SD) | 25.8 (5.2) |
Race and ethnicity, n (%)a | |
Black/African American | 37 (86) |
White | 3 (7) |
Hispanic/Latina | 2 (5) |
Other | 3 (7) |
Education, n (%) | |
High school graduate or less | 27 (63) |
Some college/Associates Degree | 14 (33) |
Bachelor’s degree or higher | 2 (5) |
Employment status, n (%) | |
Working outside the home | 18 (42) |
Self-employed | 2 (5) |
Stay-at-home parent | 9 (21) |
Unemployed | 14 (33) |
Annual household income, n (%) | |
Less than $10,000 | 25 (60%) |
$10,000 - $14,999 | 8 (19%) |
$15,000 - $24,999 | 4 (10%) |
≥ $25,000 | 5 (12%) |
Household food security, n (%) | |
Food secure | 32 (74) |
Food insecure | 11 (26) |
Baseline health literacy | |
Adequate health literacy | 14 (33%) |
Possibility/likelihood of limited literacy | 29 (67%) |