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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of the Communities for Healthy Living evaluation sample [1]

From: A childhood obesity intervention developed by families for families: results from a pilot study

Demographic factor

Summary statistic

Respondent gender (% female)

92

Child gender (% female)

55

Parent age (Mean, std)

31.13 (11.07)

Child age (Mean, std)

3.59 (1.01)

Relation of respondent to child (%)

 

Mother

88

Father

6

Grandmother

6

Never speaks English at home (%)

1

Race/ethnicity (%)

 

White

68

Black/African American

22

Non-Hispanic white

6

Other

4

High grade in school (%)

 

Some high school

21

High school graduate

37

Some college

42

Marital status (%)

 

Married

17

Divorced or separated

13

Never married/single

44

Member of unmarried couple

25

Other

1

Weight status

 

Parent overweight (%)

68

Parent obese (%)

36

Child overweight (%)

44

Child obese (%)

20

  1. [1] 154 parents completed the evaluation survey at baseline; 119 of these families completed the survey at follow-up.