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Table 1 Adolescent and father demographic characteristics

From: Padres Preparados, Jóvenes Saludables: intervention impact of a randomized controlled trial on Latino father and adolescent energy balance-related behaviors

Adolescent and father characteristics

All

n = 147a

Intervention

n = 77

Control

n = 70

Adolescent characteristics

 Age, mean years (SDb)

12.2 (1.4)

12.2 (1.5)

12.2 (1.4)

 Age distribution, n (%)

  10

37 (25.2)

21 (27.3)

16 (22.9)

  11

34 (23.1)

18 (23.4)

16 (22.9)

  12

31 (21.1)

14 (18.2)

17 (24.3)

  13

25 (17.0)

13 (16.9)

12 (17.1)

  14

20 (13.6)

11 (14.3)

9 (12.9)

 Sex, n (%)

  Male

79 (54.1)

43 (55.8)

36 (52.2)

  Female

67 (45.9)

34 (44.2)

33 (47.8)

 BMIb percentilec, mean (SDb)

78.5 (23.9)

81.5 (20.1)

75.1 (27.3)

Father characteristics

 Age, mean years (SDb)

41.7 (7.3)

42.5 (7.5)

40.7 (7.1)

 Annual income, n (%)

  < $25,000

61 (43.6)

37 (50.0)

24 (36.4)

  $25,000 - < $50,000

59 (42.1)

32 (43.2)

27 (40.9)

  ≥ $50,000

20 (14.3)

5 (6.8)

15 (22.7)

 Marital status, n (%)

  Married

121 (84.6)

66 (86.8)

55 (82.1)

  Living with partner

10 (7.0)

4 (5.3)

6 (9.0)

  Single /widowed /divorced/separated

12 (8.4)

6 (7.9)

6 (9.0)

 Education, n (%)

  Middle school or less

56 (38.9)

34 (44.2)

22 (32.8)

  High school grad or GEDb

59 (41.0)

26 (33.8)

33 (49.3)

  College (any) or technical school

29 (20.1)

17 (22.1)

12 (17.9)

 Employment, n (%)

  Self-employed

22 (15.6)

10 (13.3)

12 (18.2)

  Unemployed

6 (4.3)

3 (4.0)

3 (4.6)

  Part time employment

12 (8.5)

9 (12.0)

3 (4.6)

  Full time employment

101 (71.6)

53 (70.7)

48 (72.7)

 Years in US, n (%)

  < 10

4 (2.8)

3 (4.1)

1 (1.5)

  10 - < 20

76 (53.9)

38 (51.4)

38 (56.7)

  20 - < 30

52 (36.9)

27 (36.5)

25 (37.3)

  ≥ 30

9 (6.4)

6 (8.1)

3 (4.5)

 Language, n (%)

  More Spanish than English

116 (80.6)

59 (77.6)

57 (83.8)

  Equal Spanish and English

25 (17.4)

16 (21.1)

9 (13.2)

  More English than Spanish

3 (2.1)

1 (1.3)

2 (2.9)

 Father BMIb (kg/m2), mean (SDb)

29.2 (3.7)

29.4 (4.1)

29.0 (3.3)

  1. aN indicated for characteristics with missing data
  2. bSD standard deviation, GED general education development, BMI body mass index
  3. cAdolescent BMI percentiles for age and sex were calculated from SAS codes based on the 2000 CDC Growth Charts