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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Mar 13.
Published in final edited form as: Biling (Camb Engl). 2018 Jun 13;22(4):883–895. doi: 10.1017/s1366728918000536

Table 9.

Definitions of Bilingual Variables

Variable Name Definition Mean (SD) Range
Bilingual Proficiency Ratio English language score ÷ Spanish Language score 1.0 (0.26) 0.47 – 1.65
Length of Bilingualism (Chronological age - age of second language acquisition) ÷ chronological age 0.81 (0.22) 0.28 – 1.0
Bilingual Exposure Ratio Weekly % English exposure ÷ weekly % Spanish exposure 1.09 (0.74) 0.15 – 4.0
Primary Caregiver English Proficiency Self-rating of English speaking ability on a scale from 0 to 10 5.55 (2.85) 1.0 – 10.0
Primary Caregiver English Accent Rating Self-rating of English accent on a scale from 0 to 10 4.84 (2.86) 0.0 – 9.0