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Table 3 Adult Sociodemographics by Treatment Condition at baseline (N = 313)

From: Design and evaluation of a coalition-led obesity initiative to promote healthy eating and physical activity in low-income, ethnically diverse communities: the Go! Austin/Vamos! Austin initiative

Variable

Totala (n = 313)

Interventiona (n = 150)

Controla (n = 163)

p-valueb

Gender

 Male

27 (8.6)

12 (8.0)

15 (9.2)

 

 Female

286 (91.4)

138 (92.0)

148 (90.8)

0.71

Ethnicity/Race

 Hispanic

271 (86.6)

133 (88.7)

138 (84.7)

 

 Black

20 (6.4)

9 (6.0)

11 (6.8)

 

 White

10 (3.2)

3 (2.0)

7 (4.3)

 

 Other

12 (3.8)

5 (3.3)

7 (4.3)

0.64

Language at home

 Primarily English

122 (40.3)

54 (37.0)

68 (43.3)

 

 Primarily Spanish

131 (43.2)

66 (45.2)

65 (41.4)

 

 Mix

50 (16.5)

26 (17.8)

24 (15.3)

0.52

Annual household income

 Under $25,000

226 (76.6)

106 (75.7)

120 (77.4)

 

 $25,001–$35,000

40 (13.6)

22 (15.7)

18 (11.6)

 

 $35,001–$50,000

17 (5.8)

8 (5.7)

9 (5.8)

 

  > $50,000

12 (4.1)

4 (2.9)

8 (5.2)

0.59

Marital status

 Never married

61 (20.3)

23 (16.2)

38 (24.1)

 

 Married

197 (65.7)

102 (71.8)

95 (60.1)

 

 Div/sep/wid

42 (14.0)

17 (12.0)

25 (15.8)

0.10

Number of children at home

 1–2

149 (48.5)

66 (44.3)

83 (52.5)

 

 3–4

130 (42.4)

67 (45.0)

63 (39.9)

 

  > 4

28 (9.1)

16 (10.7)

12 (7.6)

0.31

Number of adults at home

 1

61 (19.7)

28 (19.3)

33 (21.3)

 

 2

157 (50.7)

78 (53.8)

79 (41.0)

 

  > 2

82 (27.3)

39 (26.9)

43 (27.7)

0.87

Enrollment in federal food assistance (SNAP)

 No

162 (51.8)

71 (47.3)

91 (55.8)

 

 Yes

151 (48.2)

79 (52.7)

72 (44.2)

0.13

Food insecurity

 Almost never/never

128 (42.2)

60 (41.7)

68 (42.8)

 

 Sometimes

140 (46.2)

61 (42.4)

79 (49.7)

 

 Almost always/always

35 (11.6)

23 (16.0)

12 (7.6)

0.06

  1. a. Totals for individual variables are less than group totals due to missing values; percentages do not always add up to 100 due to rounding errors
  2. b. p-values for χ2 tests, α = 0.05