Table 2.
Descriptives of study covariates.
| Mean (SD)/ Percent |
Min | Max | Skewness | Kurtosis | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Child and family characteristics | |||||
| Child age | 67.24 (4.45) | 52 | 92 | .53 | 4.18 |
| Child gender: male | 51.44 | - | - | - | - |
| Child race | - | - | - | - | |
| White | 68.45 | - | - | - | - |
| Black | 8.8 | - | - | - | - |
| Asian | 3.19 | - | - | - | - |
| Multi-racial | 11.11 | - | - | - | - |
| Other | 8.43 | - | - | - | - |
| Child ethnicity: Hispanic | 15.70 | ||||
| IEP status | 6.33 | - | - | - | - |
| Child primary language is English | 87.84 | - | - | - | - |
| Early educational experience at age 4 | |||||
| Non attender | 27.85 | ||||
| Part-time attender (<20 hours per week) | 35.19 | ||||
| Full-time attender (20+ hours per week) | 36.96 | ||||
| Household size | 4.51 (1.32) | 2 | 9 | .56 | 3.78 |
| Number of children under 18 | 2.48 (1.15) | 1 | 9 | 1.12 | 5.72 |
| Household income | 5.05 (4.40) | 0 | 20 | 1.12 | 4.03 |
| Maternal education | |||||
| Less than high school degree | 14.00 | ||||
| High school education with diploma | 45.18 | ||||
| Associate’s degree | 16.91 | ||||
| Bachelor’s degree | 16.94 | ||||
| Graduate or professional degree | 7.27 | ||||
| Marital status | |||||
| Married | 61.58 | ||||
| Living with partner/ registered domestic partnership | 11.86 | ||||
| Separated/divorced/widowed | 11.00 | ||||
| Never married | 15.46 | ||||
| Teacher and classroom characteristics | |||||
| Highest degree of education (%) | |||||
| Bachelor’s degree | 26.83 | ||||
| Master’s degree | 73.17 | ||||
| Teaching experience (years) | 12.62 (8.15) | 2 | 35 | .68 | 3.03 |
| Class size | 25.49 (.86) | 23 | 27 | −1.12 | 3.43 |
| Racial/ethnic composition (%) | |||||
| White | 63.72 (31.28) | 0.00 | 100.00 | −.69 | 2.56 |
| Black | 12.75 (21.11) | 0.00 | 100.00 | 2.67 | 10.55 |
| Hispanic | 17.24 (21.72) | 0.00 | 100.00 | 1.97 | 7.63 |
| Multiracial | 10.99 (15.55) | 0.00 | 100.00 | 3.21 | 17.93 |
| Asian/Other | 12.53 (18.35) | 0.00 | 100.00 | 2.83 | 13.12 |
| % of boys in classroom | 52.13 (5.85) | 0.00 | 64.00 | .08 | 2.25 |
| % of children with IEP/IFSP | 7.95 (5.66) | 0.00 | 23.08 | .67 | 3.17 |
| % of children with limited English | 13.62 (17.90) | 0.00 | 80.00 | 1.49 | 4.98 |
| % of children receiving free/ reduced price lunch | 55.55 (31.20) | 0.00 | 95.00 | −.52 | 1.96 |
| Classroom quality | 4.25 (.65) | 2.86 | 5.54 | .15 | 2.29 |