Table 1.
Baseline Characteristics of Children and Families
| ORP (n = 223) | Comparison (n = 116) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | n | X(SD) | %, (No.) | n | X(D) | %, (No.) |
| Child Agea | 223 | 9.8* (1.7) | 115b | 9.4 (1.6) | ||
| Parent Age | 177 | 36.7 (6.8) | 110 | 36.3 (7.3) | ||
| Lone Parent | 218 | 52.8 (115) | 115 | 47.0 (54) | ||
| Marital Status | 218 | 115 | ||||
| Married | 28.4 (62) | 33.0 (38) | ||||
| Divorced | 15.6 (34) | 7.8 (9) | ||||
| Separated | 15.1 (33) | 15.7 (18) | ||||
| Widowed | 2.3 (5) | 2.6 (3) | ||||
| Never Married | 24.3 (53) | 26.1(30) | ||||
| Other | 14.2 (31) | 14.8 (17) | ||||
| Income source | 214 | 109 | ||||
| Wages | 60.7 (130) | 67.9 (74) | ||||
| Government Assistance | 24.3 (52) | 17.5 (19) | ||||
| Other | 15.0 (32) | 14.7 (16) | ||||
| Low Income | 221 | 67.0 (148) | 116 | 64.7 (75) | ||
| Police contact | 182 | 40.7**(74) | 108 | 25.0 (27) | ||
| Child Welfare | ||||||
| Any | 223 | 51.1*(114) | 75 | 36.0 (27) | ||
| Ward Status | 131 | 6.9 (9) | 82 | 3.7 (3) | ||
| CBCLc | ||||||
| Rulebreaking | 223 | 72.9*(6.9) | 114 | 71.1 (6.7) | ||
| Aggressive | 223 | 79.4 (10.3) | 114 | 78.0 (10.0) | ||
| Conduct Problems | 223 | 77.2 (8.0) | 114 | 76.0 (7.3) | ||
| Total Problems | 223 | 73.2 (6.3) | 114 | 72.2 (7.0) | ||
| Competence | 207 | 36.3 (8.5) | 107 | 36.4 (9.0) | ||
| TRFd | ||||||
| Rule Breaking | 202 | 64.9 (8.3) | 90 | 65.4 (7.8) | ||
| Aggressive | 202 | 68.4 (11.1) | 90 | 69.0 (9.9) | ||
| Conduct Problems | 202 | 67.5 (11.0) | 90 | 69.3 (11.2) | ||
| Total Problems | 202 | 66.4 (9.8) | 90 | 67.4 (8.6) | ||
| Adaptive Functioning | 202 | 37.7 (5.0) | 87 | 37.4 (5.0) | ||
a
At CBCL completion
b
Age calculated from TRF for one boy, other missing
c
Parent-rated
d
Teacher-rated
**
p < 0.01
*
p < 0.05