Table 1 Demographic characteristics of parents and childcare providers from two rural communities^a

Parent characteristics

(n = 41 parents)

(n = 14 parents)

(n = 27 parents)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

p-value^b

Sex

 Female

41 (100)

14 (100)

27 (100)

Marital status

 Married or living as married

19 (49)

12 (86)

7 (28)

 < 0.01

 Single, widowed, or unmarried

20 (51)

2 (14)

18 (72)

Race

 Black or African American

26 (63)

0 (0)

26 (96)

 < 0.01

 White

15 (37)

14 (100)

1 (4)

Yearly household income

 $50,000 or less

29 (74)

4 (29)

25 (100)

 < 0.01

 $50,001 or more

10 (26)

10 (71)

0 (0)

Highest level of education

 High school diploma or less

20 (50)

3 (21)

17 (65)

0.02

 Some college or Associate’s degree or higher

20 (50)

11 (79)

9 (35)

Length of time residing in County

 10 years or less

10 (25)

6 (43)

4 (15)

0.12

 More than 10 years

30 (75)

8 (57)

22 (85)

Age (mean, s.d.)

36 (12)

34 (7)

37 (15)

0.56

Body mass index (kg/m²) (mean, s.d.)^c

33 (9)

30 (9)

34 (10)

0.15

Childcare provider characteristics

(n = 13 providers)

(n = 7 providers)

(n = 6 providers)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

p-value^b

Sex

 Female

13 (100)

7 (100)

6 (100)

Race

 Black or African American

5 (39)

0 (0)

5 (83)

 < 0.01

 White

7 (54)

7 (100)

0 (0)

 Other

1 (8)

0 (0)

1 (17)

Yearly household income

0.77

 $45,000 or less

5 (39)

2 (29)

3 (50)

 $45,001 or more

6 (46)

4 (57)

2 (33)

 Prefer not to answer

2 (15)

1 (14)

1 (17)

Highest level of education

 High school diploma or less

2 (15)

2 (29)

0 (0)

0.46

 Some college or higher

11 (85)

5 (71)

6 (100)

Age (mean, s.d.)

45 (17)

37 (12)

56 (16)

0.04