Table 3. Linear multiple regression unstandardized coefficient (b) and statistical P values for KABC Hand Movement, Spatial Memory, Number Recall, Years of Schooling, and weight in proportion to height as the predictor variables; and KABC Word Order as the dependent variable.
KABC Memory Test | Uganda | Uganda | Senegal | Senegal | ||||
<8.5 yrs | >8.5 yrs | <8.5 yrs | >8.5 yrs | |||||
N = 119 | N = 92 | N = 34 | N = 42 | |||||
b | P | b | P | b | P | b | P | |
Hand Movement | 0.27 | 0.006 | 0.25 | 0.03 | −0.03 | 0.86 | 0.19 | 0.39 |
Spatial Memory | 0.12 | 0.04 | 0.09 | 0.49 | 0.55 | 0.01 | 0.46 | 0.03 |
Number Recall | 0.44 | <0.001 | 0.57 | <0.001 | 0.42 | 0.06 | 0.19 | 0.48 |
Age in Years | 0.14 | 0.67 | 0.28 | 0.41 | −0.46 | 0.42 | −0.08 | 0.80 |
Gender | −0.17 | 0.72 | 0.49 | 0.45 | 0.73 | 0.47 | 1.34 | 0.27 |
Years School | −0.12 | 0.96 | 0.13 | 0.63 | 0.54 | 0.18 | 0.20 | 0.55 |
Weight/Height | −7.16 | 0.51 | 3.00 | 0.82 | −12.93 | 0.42 | 24.10 | 0.16 |
Both younger (<8.5 yrs) and older (>8.5 yrs) age groups are presented for the Uganda and Senegal samples. P values for significant coefficients are in bold.