Are Nutrition Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs Associated with Obesity among Low-Income Hispanic and African American Women Caretakers?

Table 2

Demographic characteristics of African American and Hispanic women.

Variable	African Americans; (𝑁=92)	Hispanics; (𝑁=272)
Age (years)	28.8 ± 9.1	29.2 ± 6.6
Monthly income ($)	1332.9 ± 728.4	685.0 ± 779.8
Family size	4.3 ± 1.7	5.1 ± 1.5
	%	%
Head of household	87.0	18.4
WIC participation
Respondent	71.6	98.9
Child	52.2	67.5
SNAP participation	84.8	20.3
Work first participation	56.5	6.5
Education
Eighth grade or less	2.2	58.5
Some high school	22.8	19.9
High school graduate or more	75.0	19.8
No response	0.0	1.9
Employment status
Employed full-time	19.8	21.4
Employed part-time	12.1	10.3
Full time homemaker/caretaker	51.6	60.1
Unemployed	16.5	2.6
Access to transportation
Yes, whenever	68.1	62.8
Most of the time	23.1	37.2
Very limited	8.8	0.0