Table 2. Comparisons by Change Groupings and Similarity Groupings.
| Change Group | Mother–Child Pattern Group | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Change (n = 30) | Change in Intensity (n = 4) | Change in Site (n = 12) | Change in Both (n = 15) | Statistic | Identical (n = 28) | Close (n = 11) | Some Similarity (n = 8) | No Similarity (n = 14) | Statistic | |
| Child | ||||||||||
| Gestation | ||||||||||
| Preterm [n (%)] | 13 (41.9) | 2 (6.5) | 6 (19.4) | 10 (32.3) | χ2 = 2.18 | 14 (45.2) | 8 (25.8) | 2 (6.5) | 7 (22.6) | χ2 = 4.26 |
| Full term [n (%)] | 17 (56.7) | 2 (6.7) | 6 (20) | 5 (16.7) | 14 (46.7) | 3 (10) | 6 (20) | 7 (23.3) | ||
| Health problems | ||||||||||
| Yes [n (%)] | 8 (40) | 0 (0) | 7 (35) | 5 (25) | χ2 = 6.02 | 7 (35) | 6 (30) | 2 (10) | 5 (25) | χ2 = 3.41 |
| No [n (%)] | 22 (53.7) | 4 (9.8) | 5 (12.2) | 10 (24.4) | 21 (51.2) | 5 (12.2) | 6 (14.6) | 9 (22) | ||
| Mother | ||||||||||
| Race | ||||||||||
| White [n (%)] | 11 (55) | 2 (10) | 4 (20) | 3 (15) | χ2 = 1.86 | 10 (50) | 3 (15) | 2 (10) | 5 (25) | χ2 =.54 |
| Other [n (%)] | 19 (46.3) | 2 (4.9) | 8 (19.5) | 12 (29.3) | 18 (43.9) | 8 (19.5) | 6 (14.6) | 9 (22) | ||
| Educational attainment | ||||||||||
| <High school [n (%)] | 8 (80) | 1 (10) | 1 (10) | 0 (0) | χ2 = 7.15 | 2 (20) | 2 (20) | 2 (20) | 4 (40) | χ2 = 4.59 |
| High School [n (%)] | 6 (35.3) | 1 (5.9) | 5 (29.4) | 5 (29.4) | 9 (52.9) | 3 (17.6) | 1 (5.9) | 4 (23.5) | ||
| >High school [n (%)] | 16 (47.1) | 2 (5.9) | 6 (17.6) | 10 (29.4) | 17 (50) | 6 (17.6) | 5 (14.7) | 6 (17.6) | ||
| Proportion of child's life with an employed mother [M (SD)] | .30 (.30)† | .77 (.18)† | .52 (.42) | .47 (.34) | F = 3.20* | .56 (.36)† | .33 (.31) | .34 (.22) | .26 (.36)† | F = 2.93* |
| Family | ||||||||||
| Number of children [M (SD)] | 2.4 (1.5) | 2.3 (1.89) | 1.3 (.65) | 2.1 (1.13) | F = 1.90 | 2.0 (1.39) | 2.4 (1.75) | 2.1 (.84) | 2.1 (1.29) | F =.18 |
| Income | ||||||||||
| <$20,000 [n (%)] | 27 (51.9) | 3 (5.8) | 8 (15.4) | 14 (26.9) | χ2 = 7.64 | 26 (50) | 9 (17.3) | 7 (13.5) | 10 (19.2) | χ2 = 7.96 |
| $20,000–$40,000 [n (%)] | 2 (40) | 0 (0) | 2 (40) | 1 (20) | 2 (40) | 1 (20) | 1 (20) | 1 (20) | ||
| >$40,000 [n (%)] | 1 (25) | 1 (25) | 2 (50) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (25) | 0 (0) | 3 (75) | ||
*
p <.01.
†
Indicates significantly different groups.