Table 1 Participants’ sociodemographic characteristics and weight status and adolescents’ daily physical activity (PA) hours, and screen time hours (n = 138)
Characteristics | Count (%a) or mean ± SD |
Adolescent boys | 72 (52.2) |
Adolescents’ age | 11.6 ± 1.5 |
Fathers’ age | 41.4 ± 7.2 |
Fathers’ marital status | |
Married | 114 (82.6) |
Living with a partner | 9 (6.5) |
Single or divorced | 11 (8.7) |
Fathers’ education | |
Lower than high school | 53 (38.4) |
High school, GED | 59 (42.8) |
Some college or higher | 24 (17.4) |
Annual household income | |
< $24,999 | 55 (39.9) |
$25,000 to $49,999 | 59 (42.8) |
$50,000 to $99,999 | 18 (13.0) |
Employment status | |
Self-employed | 23 (16.7) |
Unemployed, homemaker | 6 (4.4) |
Part-time | 11 (8.0) |
Full-time | 94 (68.1) |
Years in U.S. | 19.1 ± 5.4 |
< 10 years | 2 (1.5) |
10 to < 20 years | 79 (57.3) |
20 to < 30 years | 48 (34.8) |
≥ 30 years | 6 (4.4) |
Language spoken at home | |
Primarily or only native language | 110 (79.7) |
Equally native language and English | 23 (16.7) |
Primarily or only English | 3 (2.2) |
Acculturation (range: 0–5) | 1.6 ± 0.7 |
Low | 119 (86.2) |
High | 16 (11.6) |
Neighborhood Safety | |
Unsafe | 56 (40.6) |
Safe | 73 (52.9) |
Adolescents’ BMI categories | |
< 85th percentile | 54 (39.1) |
85th – 94.9th percentile | 31 (22.5) |
≥ 95th percentile | 49 (35.5) |
Fathers’ BMI categories | |
< 25 kg/m2 | 14 (10.1) |
25–29.9 kg/m2 | 61 (44.2) |
≥ 30 kg/m2 | 59 (42.8) |
Behaviors | Median (IQR) or count (%) |
Adolescents’ daily PA hours | 0.23 (0.09, 0.51) |
Having ≥ 1 h/day of PA | 19 (13.8) |
Adolescents’ daily screen time hours | 3.93 (2.21, 7.57) |
Having ≤2 h/day of screen time | 31 (22.5) |