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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 25.
Published in final edited form as: Ambul Pediatr. 2008 Apr 11;8(3):154–162. doi: 10.1016/j.ambp.2008.02.002

Table 2.

Correlations among Demographic and Study Outcome Variables

Variable 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
1. PDE status -- .58*** .12 −.47*** .48*** .48*** −.09 .11 −.28*** −.06 .37*** −.15+ −.13+ −.12 −.11 .17* .02
2. Prenatal tobacco exposure -- .26*** −.38*** .30*** −.34*** −.15* .05 −.22** .03 .30*** −.16* −.18* −.18* −.15* .16* .08
3. Prenatal alcohol exposure -- −.12 .05 −.08 −.18* .08 .01 .11 .13+ −.02 −.02 −.05 −.04 .07 .02
4. Infant birth weight for gestational age -- −.29*** .24** .08 −.14+ .23** .06 −.22** .09 .07 .07 −.02 .04 .04
5. Number of primary caregiver changes (birth to age 7) -- −.63*** −.21** .10 −.23*** .01 .17* −.23*** −.19* −.13+ −.07 .13+ .02
6. Placement in non-maternal care -- .09 −.12 .26*** .14+ .06 .19* .08 .06 .05 −.11 −.03
7. Caregiver education -- −.19* .21** −.20** −.12 .12 .06 .07 .09 −.05 −.04
8. Caregiver receives public assistance -- −.29*** .10 .20* −.17* −.12 −.14+ −.10 −.02 .08
9. Caregiver employment status -- −.01 −.29*** .17* .02 .06 .06 .02 −.02
10. Caregiver depressive symptoms (CES-D) -- .09 −.13+ −.12 −.22** −.20** .26*** .41***
11. Caregiver ongoing drug use -- −.09 −.12 −.11 −.02 .07 .03
12. Child SB-IV total composite standard score -- .56*** .55*** .59*** −.15+ −.16*
13. Child WRAT-3 Reading Achievement -- .88*** .69*** −.29*** −.25**
14. Child WRAT-3 Spelling Achievement -- .66*** −.26** −.22**
15. Child WRAT-3 Arithmetic Achievement -- −.23** −.28***
16. Child Behavior Checklist Externalizing behavior problems -- .67***
17. Child Behavior Checklist Internalizing behavior problems --
*

Note. p< .05

**

p< .01

***

p <.001

N = 173