Table 1.

Percentage of families of the children with typical language development (TLD) and language impairment (LI) by educational level, region (N= 111), and eligibility for lunch program.

Characteristic	TLD (N = 59)	LI (N = 52)
Age (years;months)	5;0	5;0
Educational level in the home
Primary education + some secondary	17% (8 of 48)	22% (8 of 37)
High school graduate + some college experience	69% (33 of 48)	73% (27 of 37)
College graduate	14% (7 of 48)	5% (2 of 37)
Region
Southwest (Mexican origin)	64% (38 of 59)	73% (38 of 52)
Northeast (Puerto Rican and Dominican origin)	36% (21 of 59)	27% (14 of 52)
Lunch eligibility
Regular	37%	36%
Free or reduced	63%	64%

Note. Fifteen Southwest and 11 Northeast participants had incomplete questionnaire data.