TABLE 2—Baseline Household Characteristics: Highline Communities Healthy Homes
Project, October 2009–September 2010
Characteristic Study Group (n = 34), % Comparison Group (n = 68), % P
a
Child’s age, y .327
3–6 41 51
7–17 59 49
Dwelling type .049
Single-family 68 47
Apartment (‡ 3 units) 32 53
Caretaker’s education .79
< high school 44 41
High school graduate or GED 21 21
Some college 35 35
College graduate 3
Child’s race/ethnicity .74
African American 18 16
Hispanic 47 46
Other Asian/Pacific Islander 6 10
Other or unknown 3 7
Vietnamese 21 12
White 6 9
Child’s asthma control .779
Not well controlled 50 53
Very poorly controlled 50 47
Child’s gender .253
Male 68 56
Female 32 44
Primary language in home .953
English 50 49
Spanish 32 35
Vietnamese 18 16
Season of data collection .241
Not winter 71 81
Winterb 29 19
a
Based on v2 test to determine whether study group baseline characteristics were different from those of the comparison
group.
b
December 21 to March 20.