Table 2.

Zero Order Correlations, Descriptive Statistics, and F ratios for Gender Differences among Demographic, Family Process and Child Care Predictors, and Age 15 Child Outcomes

Boys
	Income	Mother Ed	Nonwhite	Mother Depression	Maternal Sensitivity	Mother-Child Conflict	Harsh Control	Child Care Hours	Center Care	Internalizing 15 years	Delinquency 15 years	Depression 15 years	Risky Behavior 15 years
Inc	1.000
Ed	0.54	1.000
NonW	−0.17	−0.14	1.00
Dep	−0.31	−0.36	0.19	1.00
Sens	0.35	0.43	−0.40	−0.36	1.00
Conf	−0.13	−0.14	0.03	0.37	−0.17	1.00
Harsh	−0.32	−0.31	0.28	0.21	−0.34	0.09	1.00
Hours	0.21	0.10	0.04	−0.07	0.01	−0.05	0.06	1.00
Center	0.20	0.17	−0.01	−0.04	0.11	−0.01	−0.09	0.39	1.00
Int	−0.04	−0.06	−0.00	0.08	−0.09	−0.07	0.01	−0.02	−0.07	1.00
Del	−0.10	−0.08	0.10	0.08	−0.11	−0.01	−0.00	0.05	0.01	0.39	1.00
Dep	−0.04	−0.01	0.02	0.09	−0.06	−0.01	0.04	−0.04	−0.01	0.62	0.36	1.00
Risk	−0.18	−0.15	0.25	0.12	−0.16	0.05	0.17	0.05	0.02	0.11	0.51	0.14	1.000
n	502	558	558	554	554	506	498	558	537	477	477	478	478
Range	.1–18.6	7–21	0–1	0–37.8	6–16.5	12–52	13–30	0–52.2	0–.9	26–83	50–85	0–12	0–2
M	3.5	14.3	.2	9.3	12.1	27.4	21.1	23.6	.2	46.6	53.9	1.5	.2
(SD)	2.6	2.5	.4	6.7	1.8	7.7	3.1	14.0	.3	10.3	6.0	2.1	.2

Girls
	Income	Mother Ed	Nonwhite	Mother Depression	Maternal Sensitivity	Mother-Child Conflict	Harsh Control	Child Care Hours	Center Care	Internalizing 15 years	Delinquency 15 years	Depression 15 years	Risky Behavior 15 years
Inc	1.00
Ed	0.46	1.00
NonW	−0.24	−0.27	1.00
Dep	−0.24	−0.27	0.19	1.00
Sens	0.32	0.46	−0.38	−0.29	1.00
Conf	−0.09	−0.11	0.04	0.38	−0.15	1.00
Harsh	−0.27	−0.37	0.30	0.17	−0.39	0.13	1.00
Hours	0.08	0.11	−0.00	−0.09	−0.01	0.04	−0.04	1.00
Center	0.10	0.11	0.03	0.01	0.02	0.07	−0.04	0.38	1.00
Int	−0.14	−0.05	0.05	0.13	−0.04	0.09	−0.02	0.01	−0.01	1.00
Del	−0.12	−0.12	0.06	0.10	−0.12	0.12	0.05	0.01	0.01	0.37	1.00
Dep	−0.06	0.02	−0.03	0.08	0.03	0.09	−0.04	0.02	−0.01	0.72	0.31	1.00
Risk	−0.19	−0.20	0.13	0.16	−0.24	0.11	0.16	0.02	0.03	0.28	0.75	0.20	1.00
						Descriptive Statistics
n	515	545	545	542	542	514	507	545	534	479	479	479	479
Range	.1–57	7–21	0–1	0–36.7	5.3–15.8	12–53	12–30	0–57	0−.9	26–90	50–91	0–18	0–1.4
M	3.7	14.5	.2	9.4	12.5	27.4	21.3	24.0	.2	48.0	54.8	2.5	.15
(SD)	3.7	2.4	.4	6.6	1.7	7.6	3.5	14.2	.3	10.0	6.7	3.0	.15
F	1.6	1.7	0.0	0.1	10.3**	0.0	1.0	0.2	0.0	4.9*	4.6*	38.3***	33.3***

Correlation coefficients > .09 are significant at p< .05; Correlation coefficients > .10 are significant at p< .01

^*p < .05;

^**p < .01;

^***p <.001