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Table 2 Participant demographics (all Hispanic mothers), N = 14

From: “Struggle at night – He doesn’t let me sleep sometimes”: a qualitative analysis of sleeping habits and routines of Hispanic toddlers at risk for obesity

Variable

n/%/avg./median

Language of preference

Spanish

n= 11

 English

n = 3

Age of Mother

 Age 22–26

n = 5

 Age 27–33

n = 4

 Age 34–41

n = 5

 Median Age (years)

30

Relationship to Child

 Biological Mother

n = 13

 Foster Mother

n = 1

Age of Child

 6–12 months

n = 7

 13–18 months

n = 7

 Median Age (months)

11

Child Gender

 Female n = 5

 Male n = 11

Child Weight-for-Length Percentile

 Median

95.8%

Number of Children at Home a

 One Child

n = 6

 Two to Three Children

n = 4

 More than Three Children

n = 4

 Median Number of Children

2

  1. Note. a Some siblings lived in home country and not in the home in the U.S