Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of the study sample
| Child mean age: years (SD; range) | 4.24 years (.75; 3.19–5.86) |
| Age 3 n (%) | 63 (45.0%) |
| Age 4 n (%) | 51 (36.4%) |
| Age 5 n (%) | 26 (18.6%) |
| Child sex: female n (%) Child race/ethnicity: n (%) |
61 (43.6%) |
| Asian | 7 (5.0%) |
| Hispanic/Latinx | 27 (19.3%) |
| Multiracial/Multiethnic/Other | 26 (18.6%) |
| White Childcare/schoola: |
80 (57.1%) |
| Mean number of hours of preschool, daycare, and/or other childcare settings per week (SD; range) Parents’ marital status: n (%) |
17.46 hours (15.16; 0–51) |
| Married or living together Family income: n (%) |
127 (90.7%) |
| <$40,000 | 18 (12.9%) |
| $40,000 - $70,000 | 28 (20.1%) |
| $70,001 - $100,000 | 28 (19.4%) |
| >$100,000 | 66 (47.5%) |
| Mothers’ mean age: years (SD; range) | 34.58 years (5.71; 21–56) |
| Fathers’ mean age: years (SD; range) | 35.86 years (6.05; 22–57) |
| Mothers’ education: n graduated college (%) | 95 (67.9%) |
| Fathers’ education: n graduated college (%) | 54 (55.1%) |
Note: N = 140 mothers and N = 98 fathers; Sex: male = 0, female = 1
a
0.7% of the sample (n = 1) did not report mean hours of child care; Parents’ not married/living together = 0, Parents’ married/living together = 1.