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Table 1 Demographics stratified by newest vital sign, text4baby programs, two metro Atlanta WIC clinics, 2012

From: Is health literacy related to health behaviors and cell phone usage patterns among the text4baby target population?

 

Overall n = 445

Newest vital sign score

 

Limited 0-1

Intermediate 2-3

Adequate 4-6

n = 93, (22%)*

n = 226, (50%)*

n = 126, (28%)*

n

Median* and IQR**

p-value+

Age, years

438

25.0 (21–30)

25.0 (21–31)

27.0 (22–31)

27.0 (22–31)

<0.01

  

n (percent*)

<0.01

Race/ethnicity

444

    

0.05

Black, Non-Hispanic

410

92.3%

84 (90.3%)

213 (94.3%)

113 (90.4%)

 

Education

445

     

Less than high school

49

10.1%

18 (19.4%)

29 (12.8%)

2 (1.6%)

 

High school/vocational training

203

47.2%

57 (61.3%)

108 (47.8%)

38 (30.2%)

 

College and above

193

42.6%

18 (19.4%)

89 (39.4%)

86 (68.3%)

 

Household income

444

    

<0.01

Less than $10,000

235

57.0%

57 (70.0%)

137 (63.8%)

41 (35.3%)

 

$10,001 to $20,000

105

24.1%

19 (17.6%)

44 (20.2%)

42 (35.8%)

 

>$20,000

82

18.9%

9 (12.4%)

35 (16.0%)

38 (28.9%)

 

Employment

444

 

<0.01

Unemployed/student

253

56.7%

62 (66.8%)

130 (56.3%)

61 (49.4%)

 

Marital status

  

0.31

Married/Living with a partner

148

29.7%

28 (26.7%)

70 (28.8%)

50 (33.7%)

 
  1. *Weighted.
  2. **Interquartile range.
  3. +Rao-Scott likelihood ratio chi-square test.