Table 3.

Interaction Models Examining the Influence of Child Care Characteristics on the Development of Behavior Problems in Middle Childhood

	Internalizing		Externalizing

	Coefficient	SE	Coefficient	SE
Main Effects
Child Care
Quality	1.89	1.30	0.86	1.71
Type of care
Stable Center Care	−10.56 ^*	4.58	−5.77	5.90
Ever Center Care	−3.81	3.35	−4.22	3.44
Hours per week	0.04	0.08	−0.02	0.08
Child Characteristics
Age	0.18	0.12	0.18	0.12
Race
White/other	−2.47	16.71	−1.45	14.48
African American	7.55	8.92	13.59	8.75
Boy	11.72	8.92	4.15	7.45
Maternal Characteristics
Education
Greater than high school	1.51	1.70	0.27	1.60
Employed	1.27	2.28	−2.14	2.25
Married	−0.65	2.40	−2.61	2.30
CBCL 2–3 year old version	3.07	2.62	6.23 ^*	2.60
Child outcomes wave 1	0.39 ^***	0.08	0.29 ^***	0.08
Gender by Child Care Interactions
Boy by Quality	−3.05 ^*	1.43	−1.99	1.42
Boy by Stable Center	7.85 t	4.58	4.94	4.71
Boy by Ever Center	6.65 t	3.87	4.82	3.55
Boy by Hours	−0.04	0.13	0.03	0.13
Race by Child Care Interactions
African American by Quality^a	−2.35	1.55	−3.13 ^*	1.51
African American by Stable Center^a	6.28	4.78	3.64	4.95
African American by Ever Center^a	0.64	3.92	4.48	3.83
African American by Hours^a	−0.10	0.11	−0.02	0.13
White/other by Quality^b	0.21	3.42	1.77	2.61
White/other by Stable Center^b	8.29	10.76	−0.08	8.26
White/other by Ever Center^b	−3.68	8.94	2.09	6.92
White/other by Hours^b	0.04	0.14	−1.31	0.16

Note.

^***

p < .001.

^**

p < .01.

p < .05.

t < .10

African American children compared to Hispanic children

White/other children compared to Hispanic children