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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 12.
Published in final edited form as: J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2002 Aug;23(4):191–202. doi: 10.1097/00004703-200208000-00001

Table 3.

Caregiver and Child Demographic Sample Description at 3-Year Visit (n = 343)

Non–Cocaine- Exposed (n = 186) Cocaine- Exposed (n = 157)
Maternal characteristics
  Mother’s age** 27.2 (5.6) 32.0 (4.8)
  Education (yr) 11.3 (1.3) 11.1 (1.4)
  Unemployment** 64% 81%
  Never married 76% 75%
  Past-year cocaine use** 1% 33%
  Past-year alcohol use 40% 45%
  Past-year tobacco use** 16% 66%
  Past-year marijuana use** 11% 26%
  Global Severity Index (GSI) 55.8 (11.0) 55.8 (11.8)
Child characteristics
  Child Age (mo)* 40.5 (3.6) 39.7 (3.0)
  Male 51% 49%
  Intellectual Functioning (GCI) 82.4(13.0) 81.8 (10.7)
  Child in day care 34% 43%
  Child receiving special services 1% 3%
  Children with one or more caregiver changes in past 3 years** 5% 15%
  Number of caregiver changes in past 3 yr (limited to children with one or more changes) 1.4(0.52) 1.3 (0.63)

GCI, General Cognitive Index.

Numbers represent means (SD) or percentages where indicated.

*

p < .05

**

p < .01.