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Table 2 Sociodemographic characteristics of the B’more Healthy Communities for Kids baseline evaluation sample

From: Exposure to a multi-level multi-component childhood obesity prevention community-randomized controlled trial: patterns, determinants, and implications

Baseline individual and household characteristics

n

Intervention group

Comparison group

p value

Youth

 

(n = 199)

(n = 186)

 

 Sex: female (%)

385

54.7

60.2

0.3

 Age (years): mean (SD)

385

11.7 (1.4)

11.8 (1.6)

0.3

Caregiver and household

 

(n = 198)

(n = 188)

 

 Sex: female (%)

386

94.4

90.5

0.2

 Age (years): mean (SD)

386

39.4 (9.1)

40.5 (9.7)

0.2

 Education level

  <High school (%)

64

33

30

0.9

  High school (%)

150

77

73

 

  >High school (%)

172

88

85

 

 Individuals in the household: mean (SD)

4.5 (1.5)

4.5 (1.6)

0.8

 Annual income (US$)

  0–10,000 (%)

94

25.2

23.4

0.4

  10,001–20,000 (%)

90

20.3

26.6

 

  20,001–30,000 (%)

60

17.2

13.8

 

  >30,000 (%)

142

37.4

36.2

 

 Food assistance participation

  SNAP (%)

274

71.2

70.7

0.9

  WIC (%)

90

23.2

23.4

0.9

 Housing arrangement

  Living with familya or otherb (%)

39

7.1

13.1

0.1

  Rented (%)

252

66.2

64.4

 

  Owned (%)

95

26.7

22.3

 
  1. SD standard deviation, SNAP Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children
  2. aLiving with family who own or rent the house
  3. bOther included transitional housing or group house