The Building Wealth and Health Network: methods and baseline characteristics from a randomized controlled trial for families with young children participating in temporary assistance for needy families (TANF)

Table 2 Baseline Characteristics of the Participants of Building Wealth and Health Network Randomized Controlled Trial

			Group Assignment
	Total		Control Group		Partial Intervention		Full Intervention		Significance
	N = 103		N = 31		N = 35		N = 37		Significance
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	p-value
Child’s age (months) Missing = 8	30.4	18.7	30.9	16.0	29.1	17.8	31.3	21.5	0.80^a
Caregiver’s age (years)	25.4	5.2	26.4	4.3	24.6	5.6	25.3	5.5	0.07^a
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N
Caregiver’s gender									0.65^b
Male	6	5.83	1	3.2	3	8.6	2	5.4
Female	97	94.2	30	96.8	32	91.4	35	94.6
Immigration status									0.64^b
US born	101	98.1	36	97.3	34	97.1	31	100.0
Foreign born	2	1.94	1	2.7	1	2.9	0
Race/Ethnicity									0.11^b
Hispanic	5	4.9	3	9.7	1	2.9	1	2.7
Black non Hispanic	91	88.4	25	80.7	30	85.7	36	97.3
White non Hispanic	2	1.9	0		2	5.7	0
Other	5	4.9	3	9.7	2	5.7	0
Sexual orientation									0.52^b
Heterosexual or straight	86	83.5	24	77.4	29	82.9	33	89.2
Gay or lesbian	3	2.9	1	3.2	2	5.7	0
Bisexual	14	13.6	6	19.4	4	11.4	4	10.8
Marital status									0.73^b
Married	1	1.0	0		0		1	2.7
Separated	4	3.9	0		2	5.7	2	5.4
Never married	86	83.5	27	87.1	28	80.0	31	83.8
Living with partner	12	11.7	4	12.9	5	14.3	3	8.1
Education									0.82^b
Some high school or grade school	30	29.1	7	22.6	11	31.4	12	32.4
High school graduate or GED	35	34.0	11	35.5	14	40.0	10	27.0
Technical school or some college and above	38	36.9	13	41.9	10	28.6	15	40.5
Employment									0.47^b
Unemployed	97	94.2	36	97.3	33	94.3	28	0.3
Employed	6	5.8	1	2.7	2	5.7	3	9.7
Banking									0.43▲
Have an open bank account	35	34.0	13	41.9	12	34.3	10	27.0
Do not have an open bank account	68	66.0	18	58.1	23	65.7	27	73.0

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