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Table 1 Characteristics of the analytic sample

From: Associations of residential green space with internalizing and externalizing behavior in early childhood

 

Full analytic sample

(n = 943)

Sample by quartile of NDVI in 300 m

Q1

(n = 230)

Q2

(n = 230)

Q3

(n = 229)

Q4

(n = 230)

Child variables

          

Categorical

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

Boys

465

(49)

115

(50)

113

(49)

108

(47)

120

(52)

Girls

478

(51)

115

(50)

117

(51)

121

(53)

110

(48)

Preterm birth

83

(9)

20

(9)

17

(7)

26

(11)

19

(8)

SHS exposure

287

(31)

71

(31)

74

(32)

67

(30)

65

(28)

Continuous

mean

(SD)

mean

(SD)

mean

(SD)

mean

(SD)

mean

(SD)

Age (yrs)

4.3

(0.4)

4.3

(0.4)

4.3

(0.4)

4.3

(0.4)

4.3

(0.4)

Physical activity

1.6

(0.7)

1.5

(0.8)

1.7

(0.7)

1.6

(0.7)

1.6

(0.7)

Screen time

2

(4.2)

1.8

(3.7)

2.1

(4.2)

2

(4.3)

2

(4.6)

Maternal and household variables

          

Categorical

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

Maternal race

          

   Black

611

(65)

166

(72)

156

(68)

151

(66)

123

(53)

   White

273

(29)

46

(20)

61

(27)

67

(29)

94

(41)

   Another race or multiple races

59

(6)

18

(8)

13

(6)

11

(5)

13

(6)

Maternal education

          

   <High school

52

(6)

8

(3)

15

(7)

7

(3)

20

(9)

   High school degree

376

(40)

93

(40)

100

(44)

94

(41)

81

(36)

   Technical school

124

(13)

30

(13)

29

(13)

38

(17)

21

(9)

   College degree

237

(25)

65

(28)

53

(24)

52

(23)

61

(27)

   Graduate/prof degree

147

(16)

34

(15)

28

(12)

38

(17)

45

(20)

Maternal smoking during pregnancy

81

(9)

8

(3)

25

(11)

21

(9)

22

(10)

Near road

264

(28)

83

(36)

77

(34)

55

(24)

43

(19)

Continuous

mean

(SD)

mean

(SD)

mean

(SD)

mean

(SD)

mean

(SD)

Adjusted HH income (USD)

17,903

(13,514)

17,129

(13,224)

17,302

(13,170)

17,932

(13,699)

19,697

(13,973)

Maternal IQ percentile

40.3

(30.7)

40.2

(29.4)

36.7

(29.8)

40.7

(31.4)

44.1

(32.4)

Maternal depression score

8.6

(7.2)

9

(8.4)

9

(7.2)

7.8

(6.3)

8.2

(6.8)

PRQ attachment score

52.9

(9.7)

53.3

(9.9)

53.2

(10.1)

52.3

(9.2)

52.5

(9.8)

Neighborhood COI scales

mean

(SD)

mean

(SD)

mean

(SD)

mean

(SD)

mean

(SD)

Socioeconomic

-0.113

(0.260)

-0.131

(0.271)

-0.116

(0.257)

-0.106

(0.238)

-0.101

(0.272)

Education

-0.047

(0.068)

-0.047

(0.063)

-0.052

(0.063)

-0.05

(0.064)

-0.037

(0.079)

  1. Abbreviations: SHS = secondhand smoke, HH = household, PRQ = Parenting Relationship Questionnaire, COI = Childhood Opportunity Index