Reducing Hispanic Children’s Obesity Risk Factors in the First 1000 Days of Life: A Qualitative Analysis

Table 2

Mother and child characteristics according to focus group discussion participation. Data from 49 Hispanic mothers.

	Pregnancy groups ()	Infancy groups ()	Early childhood groups ()
Parent/family characteristic
Maternal age, years, and mean (SD)	25.6 (6.4)	25.6 (7.5)	27.9 (6.1)
Education, high school graduate, (%)	13 (76%)	9 (60%)	12 (71%)
Nulliparous, (%)	14 (82%)	10 (67%)	6 (35%)
Married/cohabiting, (%)	11 (65%)	9 (60%)	10 (59%)
US-born, (%)	6 (35%)	7 (47%)	6 (35%)
Language comfort
Spanish-only	9 (53%)	4 (27%)	3 (18%)
Either English or Spanish	8 (47%)	11 (73%)	13 (76%)
Gestational age (months)	5.1 (1.8)	n/a	n/a
Child characteristics
Age (months)	n/a	2.8 (2.0)	14.3 (5.3)