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Table 1 Demographic and personal descriptive statistics for the survey respondents

From: About feeding children: factor structure and internal reliability of a survey to assess mealtime strategies and beliefs of early childhood education teachers

Provider characteristics

(N = 1178)

 

Frequency

 

Sex

n

%

 Female

1157

98.2

 Male

21

1.7

Race & Ethnicity

n

%

 White

871

73.9

 Black

68

5.8

 Hispanic (may be White, Black or Other)

179

15.2

 Other

225

19.1

Education

n

%

 High school or less

261

22.2

 Some College

435

36.9

 Associates Degree

195

16.5

 BA/BS Degree

210

17.8

 Graduate Degree

56

4.8

 Missing

21

1.8

Role at Agency

N

%

 Lead Teacher

948

80.5

 Assistant Teacher

164

13.9

 Missing

66

5.6

Center Type (multiple answers may apply)

N

%

 Head Start

97

8.2

 CACFP

322

27.3

 

Mean

SD

Age

36.8

12.7

Body Mass Index (BMI; kg/m2)

26.6

6.3

Experience in child care in years

9.5

7.7