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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Apr 14.
Published in final edited form as: Elem Sch J. 2021 Feb 4;121(3):484–503. doi: 10.1086/712426

Table 5.

Differences by Group

Spring K Spring 1 Spring 2 Spring 3
A. Chronic Absenteeism
Outcome: W ability score:
 Poor health rating * chronic absence −4.19 (2.30) −1.67 (2.56) −2.80 (2.90) −.80 (2.89)
 Low-income * chronic absence −1.44 (1.81) −1.08 (1.92) .80 (2.10) −.03 (2.29)
 Center pre-K * chronic absence −.82 (1.73) 1.34 (2.06) −.36 (2.22) .29 (2.00)
Outcome: DCCS:
 Poor health rating * chronic absence .20 (.24) −.05 (.24) −.04 (.17) .02 (.18)
 Low-income * chronic absence −.15 (.19) .05 (.19) −.08 (.12) −.12 (.14)
 Center pre-K * chronic absence −.03 (.19) .07 (.18) −.06 (.12) −.18 (.14)
B. Days Absent
Outcome: W ability score:
 Poor health rating * number of days absent −.35 (.16) −.19 (.17) −.29 (.20) −.18 (.20)
 Low-income * number of days absent −.15 (.14) −.20 (.15) .00 (.14) −.11 (.15)
 Center pre-K * number of days absent .01 (.01) .00 (.01) −.01 (.01) −.01 (.01)
Outcome: DCCS:
 Poor health rating * number of days absent .00 (.02) −.01 (.02) −.01 (.01) −.01 (.01)
 Low-income * number of days absent −.01 (.01) .00 (.01) −.01 (.01) −.02 (.01)
 Center pre-K * number of days absent .01 (.01) .00 (.01) −.01 (.01) −.01 (.01)

Note.—DCCS = Dimensional Change Card Sort; standard errors adjusted for clustering in parentheses.

p < .05.