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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the sample used in the analysis

From: Assessing parental self-efficacy for obesity prevention related behaviors

Variable

Mean (SD) or n

Sample reporting

 

(%)

(n)

Parent age (yrs), M (SD)

37.3

(8.3)

254

Female, n (%)

 

(88%)

283

Not married (single), n (%)

 

(53%)

296

Income <40000 US dollars, n (%)

 

(60%)

295

Full or part-time employment, n (%)

 

(59%)

297

Education level

  

297

 High school or less, n (%)

 

(23%)

 

 Some college, n (%)

 

(38%)

 

 College degree, n (%)

 

(39%)

 

 Hispanic/Latino origin (yes), n (%)

 

(21%)

297

Race

  

284

 Black/African American, n (%)

 

(46%)

 

 White, n (%)

 

(39%)

 

 Mixed, n (%)

 

(19%)

 

 Parent BMI (kg/m2), M (SD)

30.4

(7.6)

268

 Overweighta, n (%)

 

(27%)

 

 Obesea, n (%)

 

(46%)

 

Child Age (yrs), M (SD)

6.6

(2.1)

266

Child BMI (kg/m2), M(SD)

18.2

(3.8)

 

 Overweightb , n (%)

 

(22%)

 

 Obeseb, n (%)

 

(21%)

 
  1. aOverweight for adults was defined as a BMI ≥25 and <30 and obese defined as BMI ≥30.
  2. bOverweight for children was defined as having a BMI-for-age within the 85th%tile < 95th% tile and obese defined as BMI-for- age within the > =95th% tile [41].