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Table 3 Socio-demographics of parent and child panel

From: Cultural adaptation of ‘Healthy Dads, Healthy Kids’ for Hispanic families: applying the ecological validity model

Demographic Variable

Number

Percent

Parent sex, n = 35

 Male

22

63%

 Female

13

37%

Child sex, n = 9

 Male

6

67%

 Female

3

33%

Parent education

 Less than High School

21

60%

 High School/GED

10

29%

 Greater than High School

4

11%

Family income

  < than $20,000

10

29%

 $20,000- $39,999

22

63%

  > $40,000

3

9%

Language spoken at home

 English

2

6%

 Spanish

20

57%

 Both English and Spanish

13

37%

Parent born in the US

 Yes

7

20%

 No

28

80%

Country where born, if outside US

 Mexico

13

46%

 Honduras

9

32%

 Puerto Rico a

1

4%

 Colombia

1

4%

 Guatemala

1

4%

 Missing

3

11%

Family Country of Origin

 Mexico

16

46%

 Honduras

8

23%

 Colombia

1

3%

 Guatemala

1

3%

 USA

4

11%

 Multiple - Other

4

11%

 Missing

1

3%

Relationship with the child

 Father

18

51%

 Step Father

3

9%

 Other male relative

1

3%

 Mother

13

37%

 

Mean

SD

Parents Age (years) n = 35

37.31

8.4

Child Age (years) n = 9

9.22

1.3

  1. The % values in some categories do not sum to 100% due to rounding
  2. GED general education diploma
  3. US United States
  4. aParticipant reported being born outside of US and identified country as Puerto Rico. Given the cultural difference of Puerto Rico from Latin American and South American countries, this was retained despite Puerto Rico being a territory of the US