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Table 2 Descriptive statistics for cumulative risk variables

From: Associations between cumulative risk, childhood sleep duration, and body mass index across childhood

 

M (SD) or %

 

Age 3 years

Age 5 years

Age 9 years

Household or environmental risk variables

Substandard housing conditions and hazards sum

1.05 (1.96)

1.03 (1.89)

0.76 (1.63)

 Exterior conditions

0.94 (1.67)

0.92 (1.65)

0.70 (1.39)

 Interior conditions

0.27 (0.68)

0.21 (0.57)

0.11 (0.41)

 Interior hazards

0.06 (0.43)

0.07 (0.38)

1.48 (1.77)

Household size (Total household members)

4.36 (1.62)

4.44 (1.61)

4.63 (1.62)

Noise (Endorsed “Very Noisy”)

15.8%

22.3%

24.0%

Family risk variables

Child separation from biological parents (yes)

11.2%

10.2%

11.4%

Child exposure to violence (yes)

13.5%

10.6%

8.2%

Family turmoil

0.67 (0.94)

0.65 (0.96)

0.64 (0.91)

 Housing insecurity

20.1%

20.4%

25.4%

 Food insecurity

14.0%

7.1%

7.2%

 Maternal alcohol/drug use

10.2%

9.1%

30.9%

 Maternal depression

20.6%

17.0%

17.5%

 Paternal incarceration

8.1%

8.3%

6.5%

 Maternal intimate partner violence

18.4%

6.3%

5.4%

Sociodemographic risk variables

 Maternal education- less than high school

27.9%

25.9%

22.0%

 Single mother

46.7%

51.8%

52.4%

 Socioeconomic disadvantage (Income-to-needs ratio)

1.94 (2.53)

1.92 (2.25)

1.99 (2.29)