Family Characteristics

"Family Characteristics" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Size and composition of the family.

Descriptor ID	D005191
MeSH Number(s)	F01.829.263.315 I01.240.361 I01.880.853.150.423 N01.224.361 N01.824.308 N06.850.505.400.400
Concept/Terms	Family Characteristics Family Characteristics Characteristic, Family Characteristics, Family Family Characteristic Family Size, Average Family Size, Average Average Family Size Average Family Sizes Family Sizes, Average Family Size, Expected Family Size, Expected Expected Family Size Expected Family Sizes Family Sizes, Expected Family Size, Ideal Family Size, Ideal Family Sizes, Ideal Ideal Family Size Ideal Family Sizes Generations Generations Head of Household Head of Household Household Head Household Heads Households Households Household Matriarchy Matriarchy Matriarchies One-Person Household One-Person Household Household, One-Person Households, One-Person One Person Household One-Person Households Patriarchy Patriarchy Patriarchies Couples Couples Family and Household Family and Household Household and Family Family Demography Family Demography Demographies, Family Demography, Family Family Demographies Family Life Surveys Family Life Surveys Family Life Survey Life Survey, Family Life Surveys, Family Survey, Family Life Surveys, Family Life Family Size Family Size Family Sizes Family Size, Completed Family Size, Completed Completed Family Size Completed Family Sizes Family Sizes, Completed Family Size, Desired Family Size, Desired Desired Family Size Desired Family Sizes Family Sizes, Desired

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Family Characteristics".

Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms [F01]
Psychology, Social [F01.829]
Family [F01.829.263]
Family Characteristics [F01.829.263.315]
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena [I]
Social Sciences [I01]
Demography [I01.240]
Family Characteristics [I01.240.361]
Sociology [I01.880]
Sociological Factors [I01.880.853]
Family [I01.880.853.150]
Family Characteristics [I01.880.853.150.423]
Health Care [N]
Population Characteristics [N01]
Demography [N01.224]
Family Characteristics [N01.224.361]
Socioeconomic Factors [N01.824]
Family Characteristics [N01.824.308]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]
Epidemiologic Measurements [N06.850.505]
Demography [N06.850.505.400]
Family Characteristics [N06.850.505.400.400]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Family Characteristics".

Family Characteristics
Marital Status

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Bar chart showing 101 publications over 23 distinct years, with a maximum of 13 publications in 2014

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1998	0	1	1
2002	1	1	2
2004	1	3	4
2005	1	0	1
2006	0	1	1
2007	2	3	5
2008	1	1	2
2009	0	1	1
2010	1	0	1
2011	0	1	1
2012	1	5	6
2013	3	4	7
2014	3	10	13
2015	3	5	8
2016	3	8	11
2017	1	6	7
2018	2	4	6
2019	1	2	3
2020	3	5	8
2021	2	2	4
2022	0	2	2
2024	0	3	3
2025	1	3	4

Below are the most recent publications written about "Family Characteristics" by people in Profiles.

Crespo NC, Godino J, Behar A, Dionicio P, de la Torre CL, Fraga K, Santoscoy M, Elder JP, Oren E, Lin CD, Arredondo EM, Madanat H, Ramers CB. COVID Prevention Program: Rationale and methodology of a tailored behavioral intervention to prevent household and community spread of COVID-19 among Latinos. Contemp Clin Trials. 2025 Sep; 156:108046.

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Barboza LLS, Azevedo MR, Silva DR, Grossi Porto LG. Household physical activity contributions to total physical activity and its associations with cardiometabolic risk factors: a Brazilian adult population analysis. BMC Public Health. 2025 Jul 26; 25(1):2553.

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McClain AC, Castro RJ, Helm JL, Isasi CR, Perreira KM, Mattei J, Ayala GX, Mossavar-Rahmani Y, Sotres-Alvarez D, Daviglus M, Van Horn L, Talavera GA, Gallo LC. Characterizing household food security status, perceived neighborhood food environment, and food shopping behaviors among caregivers of children in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos Youth ancillary study (SOL Youth). Health Place. 2025 Sep; 95:103503.

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Hennessee I, Kirby MA, Misago X, Mupfasoni J, Wang J, de Dieu Ntivuguruzwa J, Ndagijimana F, Rosa G, Peel JL, Waller LA, Rosenthal JP, Kitron U, Hakizimana E, Clasen TF. Effects of indoor cooking with liquefied petroleum gas versus solid biomass on mosquito and fly density in households. Sci Rep. 2025 Jun 04; 15(1):19578.

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Mitchell JW, Bursac Z, Diaz D, Reyes Diaz EM, Silva-Santisteban A, Konda KA. Assessing a Couples-Based, Digital HIV Serostatus-Neutral Intervention (Para Ti, Para M?, Para Nosotros) for Adult Cisgender Sexual Minority Male Couples in Lima, Peru: Protocol for a 6-Month Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2024 Oct 10; 13:e63106.

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Assari S. Latinos' diminished returns of educational attainment on reducing food insecurity: the role of ethnic disparities in family structure and employment. Front Public Health. 2024; 12:1407005.

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Benton LD, Lopez-Galvez N, Herman C, Caporaso JG, Cope EK, Rosales C, Gameros M, Lothrop N, Mart?nez FD, Wright AL, Carr TF, Beamer PI. Environmental and structural factors associated with bacterial diversity in household dust across the Arizona-Sonora border. Sci Rep. 2024 06 04; 14(1):12803.

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Garba NA, Sacca L, Clarke RD, Bhoite P, Buschman J, Oller V, Napolitano N, Hyppolite S, Lacroix S, Archibald A, Hamilton O, Ash T, Brown DR. Addressing Food Insecurity during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Intervention Outcomes and Lessons Learned from a Collaborative Food Delivery Response in South Florida's Underserved Households. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 07 02; 19(13).

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Checkley W, Hossen S, Rosa G, Thompson LM, McCracken JP, Diaz-Artiga A, Balakrishnan K, Simkovich SM, Underhill LJ, Nicolaou L, Hartinger SM, Davila-Roman VG, Kirby MA, Clasen TF, Rosenthal J, Peel JL. Facing the Realities of Pragmatic Design Choices in Environmental Health Studies: Experiences from the Household Air Pollution Intervention Network Trial. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 03 23; 19(7).

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Chen TA, Reitzel LR, Obasi EM, Dave JM. Did School Meal Programs and SNAP Participation Improve Diet Quality of US Children from Low-Income Households: Evidence from NHANES 2013-2014? Nutrients. 2021 Oct 12; 13(10).

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