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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Sch Psychol. 2011 Apr 21;49(3):361–383. doi: 10.1016/j.jsp.2011.03.001

Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics of Child and Parent Participants by Group and Overall at Baseline

Control
n = 101
Children Treatment
n = 116
All
N = 217
Control
n = 100
Parents Treatment
n = 111
All
N = 211
Age (in months) (in years)
 Mean 43.18 42.94 43.05 28.55 30.24 29.44
 Range 36.5-52.6 35.9-51.8 35.9-52.6 19-51 19-62 19-62
SD 3.69 3.47 3.57 6.75 8.39 7.69
Gender
 Male 44.6% 56.9% 51.2% 7.0% 3.6% 5.2%
 Female 55.4% 43.1% 48.8% 93.0% 96.4% 94.8%
Ethnicity
 White/Non-Hispanic 29.0% 34.2% 31.8% 44.0% 49.1% 46.7%
 African American 15.0% 19.8% 17.5% 14.0% 18.2% 16.2%
 Latino/Hispanic 31.0% 22.5% 26.5% 31.0% 22.7% 26.7%
 American Indian 4.0% 1.8% 2.8% 3.0% 3.6% 3.3%
 Asian American 1.0% 0.9% 0.9% 2.0% 0.9% 1.4%
 Other 20.0% 20.7% 20.4% 6.0% 5.5% 5.7%
Does not Speak English 40.0% 25.7% 32.5%
Parent Concern about Development 22.3% 27.1% 24.9%
Teacher Concern about Development 9.6% 10.4% 10.0%
Identified Disability 14.6% 10.0% 12.1%
Referred for MDT Evaluation 13.3% 8.5% 10.7%
Parent Education Level
 Less than High School (At Risk) 26.0% 27.3% 26.7%
 High School Diploma (Not At Risk) 14.6% 8.2% 11.2%
 GED (Not At Risk) 9.4% 8.2% 8.7%
 Some College/Training (Not At Risk) 34.4% 35.5% 35.0%
 Two-year College Degree (Not At Risk) 8.3% 9.1% 8.7%
 Four-year College Degree Or More (Not At Risk) 7.3% 11.8% 9.7%
Marital Status
 Single, Not With Partner 40.0% 56.8% 48.8%
Number of Adults in the Home
 Mean 1.76 1.73 1.75
SD .70 .74 . 72
Parent Work Status
 Employed 56.7% 57.7% 57.2%
 Unemployed - In School 20.0% 15.4% 17.5%
 Unemployed 23.3% 26.9% 25.3%
Parent Overall Health Status
 Excellent 14.1% 24.3% 19.5%
 Very Good 26.3% 37.8% 32.4%
 Good 42.4% 27.0% 34.3%
 Fair 13.1% 7.2% 10.0%
 Poor 4.0% 3.6% 3.8%