Table I.
Sociodemographic Information and Scores on Family Environment Variables, Cognitive Tests, and Academic Outcomes by Ethnicity
| Ethnicity |
Effect size | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Hispanic | Caucasian | ||
| N | 80 | 153 | |
| Age in years: M (SD)* | 9.9 (2.57) | 11.5 (3.13) | 0.49 |
| Gender—n (%) | 0.07 | ||
| Male | 45 (56) | 75 (49) | |
| Female | 35 (54) | 78 (51) | |
| Handedness—n (%) | 0.02 | ||
| Right | 59 (76) | 95 (74) | |
| Left or Ambidextrous | 19 (24) | 33 (26) | |
| Hollingshead* | 24.6 (10.02) | 43.6 (12.04) | 1.58 |
| HELPS* | 88.6 (7.62) | 94.0 (6.23) | 0.87 |
| FRS* | 120.7 (19.83) | 135.5 (19.84) | 0.75 |
| SB-IV Vocabulary* | 73.7 (20.82) | 92.4 (15.96) | 1.17 |
| SB-IV Pattern Analysis | 83.7 (15.61) | 87.2 (18.93) | 0.19 |
| WJ-R Reading Skills* | 79.4 (28.66) | 95.9 (21.18) | 0.78 |
| WJ-R Math Skills* | 66.8 (31.22) | 81.5 (22.81) | 0.64 |
Note. All scores are presented as M (SD).
Effect sizes are Cohen’s d for continuous variables and Cramer’s phi for categorical variables.
*p < .05.