Table 2.

Age group differences in predictor variables

		Classification Skills	Race Salience	Racial Justification	Racial Constancy-Self	Racial Constancy- Others
3–5 year-olds	Mean	0.86a (.85)	0.14a (.36)	0.00a (.00)	1.10a (.97)	1.24a (.83)
	% Max score	28.6%	.	.	0.00%	4.80%
5–6 year-olds	Mean	1.70b (.51)	0.50b (.51)	0.53b (.51)	2.69b (1.24)	1.89b (.79)
	% Max score	75.0%	.	.	33.3%	19.4%
6–7 year-olds	Mean	2.00b (.00)	0.81b (.40)	0.56b (.51)	3.38b (.89)	2.63c (.62)
	% Max score	100%	.	.	56.3%	68.8%
7–10 year olds	Mean	2.00b (.00)	0.80b (.45)	0.80b (.45)	3.20b (1.30)	2.40b,c (.89)
	% Max score	100%	.	.	60.0%	60.0%
	Range	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–4	0–3

Note. Values outside parentheses indicate means; values inside indicate standard deviations.

Means in the same column that do not share subscripts differ at p < 0.05.