Table 3 Selected characteristics of the GROW sample, weighted, N = 3016
From: Survey methodology of the geographic research on wellbeing (GROW) study
Demographic characteristics | |
Mother’s age, years (mean, range) | 36.1 (20–57) |
Child’s age, years (mean, range) | 6.9 (4–10) |
Child’s sex, % girls | 48.6 |
Mother’s race/ethnicity (%) | |
African American/Black | 6.6 |
American Indian/Alaskan Native or other | 0.6 |
Asian/Pacific Islander | 14.8 |
Latina, immigrant | 36.9 |
Latina, US-born | 15.9 |
White | 25.3 |
Child’s race/ethnicity (%) | |
African American/Black | 5.1 |
American Indian/Alaskan Native | 0.2 |
Asian/Pacific Islander | 10.6 |
Latina/o | 56.3 |
Multiple race/ethnicity | 7.1 |
White | 20.8 |
Mother’s marital status (%) | |
Married | 70.1 |
Living with someone as if married | 13.3 |
Separated/divorced/widowed | 6.9 |
Single/never married | 9.8 |
Number of children in household, all ages (mean, range) | 2.8 (0–14) |
Residential mobility, times moved in past 5 years (%) | |
0 times | 62.6 |
1 time | 19.4 |
2–5 times | 16.8 |
>5 times | 1.3 |
Socioeconomic characteristics | |
Family Income (% of federal poverty level) (%) | |
0–100 % | 27.3 |
101–200 % | 18.0 |
201–300 % | 10.2 |
301–400 % | 7.4 |
401+ % | 26.0 |
Missing | 11.2 |
Mother’s educational attainment (%) | |
8th grade or less | 10.8 |
Some high school | 9.8 |
High school graduate or GED | 22.3 |
Some college | 22.8 |
College graduate or more | 34.3 |
Mother’s employment status in past 2 weeks (%) | |
Unemployed | 46.3 |
Worked part-time (<40 h/week) | 23.4 |
Worked full-time (40+ h/week) | 30.3 |
Housing tenure (%) | |
Home owner (with or without a mortgage) | 44.7 |
Renter | 53.0 |
Other (lived in but pay no rent) | 2.3 |
Mothers with food insecurity (%) | 23.4 |
Neighborhood characteristics | |
Length of time in neighborhood (%) | |
<1 year | 8.3 |
1–5 years | 26.8 |
6–10 years | 31.9 |
>10 years | 33.0 |
Social cohesion in neighborhood (mean, range) | 14.7 (5–20) |
Neighborhood safety from crime (% very/somewhat unsafe) | 15.4 |
Mother’s Psychosocial characteristics | |
Depressive symptoms in past 12 months (% yes)a | 19.9 |
Emotional support (% yes)b | 93.3 |
Practical support (% yes)c | 92.4 |
Financial support (% yes)d | 79.1 |
Number of friends (mean, range) | 7.9 (0–200) |
Health-related characteristics | |
Child’s | |
Activity limitation in past 30 days (% >1 day) | 5.5 |
Days of physical activity for at least an hour (% every day) | 28.6 |
Percentile of weight for age (mean, range) | 54.3 (0–99.99) |
Daily consumption of fruit (%) | 65.7 |
Daily consumption of vegetables (%) | 49.7 |
Mother’s | |
Activity limitation in past 30 days (% >1 day) | 16.4 |
Health status as fair/poor (%) | 21.8 |
Sedentary physical activity (%) | 40.2 |
BMI (mean, range) | 26.8 (14.9–62.2) |
Daily consumption of fruit (%) | 48.5 |
Daily consumption of vegetables (%) | 57.9 |