. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Dec 8.

Published in final edited form as: School Ment Health. 2009 Sep 1;1(3):107–117. doi: 10.1007/s12310-009-9005-x

Table 1.

Background Information About Participants in the FSS (n=45) and CARE (n=48) Groups

	FSS	CARE	Difference
Gender (% female)	33.3%	31.3%	n.s.
Grade level (M and SD)	3.9 (1.2)	3.3 (1.1)	p < .05
Single parent status (%)	24.4%	25.0%	n.s.
African American (AA), AA/White (%)	17.8%	22.9%	n.s.
White (%)	75.6%	68.8%	n.s.
Hispanic (%)	6.7%	0.0%	n.s.
Asian (%)	4.4%	0.0%	n.s.
SES (% Levels III, IV, V on Hollingshead)	100%	98%	n.s.
Subsidized lunch status of schools (average %)	17.5%	22.0%	n.s.
ADHD, Combined (%)	44.4%	52.1%	n.s.
ADHD, Inattentive (%)	55.6%	47.9%	n.s.
Learning disability status (% with LD)	13.6%	21.3%	n.s.
Externalizing disorder (% with disorder)	28.9%	22.9%	n.s.
Internalizing disorder (% with disorder)	35.6%	31.3%	n.s.
Medication status (% on medication)	36.8%	48.0%	n.s.

Note: SES refers to socioeconomic status, as assessed by the Hollinghead (1975) index of social status. Levels III, IV, and V reflect the middle to high levels of the scale. Subsidized lunch status refers to the average percentage of students who are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch across the schools represented in the FSS and CARE groups.