Table 2.
Descriptive Statistics for Child Cognitive Skills and Behavior Problems Measures
| Full Sample | No Out-of-Home Placement | Out-of-Home Placement | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | Follow-up | Baseline | Follow-up | Baseline | Follow-up | |
| M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | |
| Outcomes: | ||||||
| Vocabulary | 37.08 (14.66) | 45.21a (11.95) | 37.06 (14.59) | 45.19a (11.87) | 37.16 (15.07) | 45.32a (12.43) |
| Matrices | 23.34 (8.33) | 27.87a (7.10) | 23.39 (8.31) | 27.87a (7.05) | 23.03 (8.50) | 27.85a (7.42) |
| Internalizing behavior problems | 9.73 (8.31) | 8.82a (7.68) | 9.33 (8.06) | 8.42a (7.48) | 12.16b (9.38) | 11.29b (8.41) |
| Externalizing behavior problems | 15.54 (11.05) | 13.74a (10.47) | 14.66 (10.42) | 13.10a (10.03) | 21.00b (13.10) | 17.72a,b (12.09) |
| Observations | 2,453 | 2,111 | 342 | |||
Note: Means (M) and standard deviations (SD) presented. 14% of children experienced out-of-home placement.
a
Significantly different from baseline mean at p < 0.05.
b
Significantly different from “no out-of-home placement” group mean at p < 0.05.