Table 1.
Demographic Statistics by Clinical Status on Child Behavior Problems
| Total Sample (N = 162) | Nonclinical (N = 78) | Clinical (N = 84) | Significance Test
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| X2(1) | p-value | ||||
| Participant | |||||
| Minority | 37.1% | 35.7% | 38.3% | 0.11 | .746 |
| African American | 13.9% | 8.6% | 18.5% | 3.10 | .078 |
| Hispanic | 9.9% | 11.4% | 8.7% | 0.33 | .568 |
| Asian/Pac. Islander | 9.3% | 12.9% | 6.2% | 1.99 | .158 |
| Other | 4.0% | 2.9% | 4.9% | 0.43 | .514 |
| Femalea | 79.1% | 85.9% | 73.2% | 3.73 | .053 |
| Age | |||||
| Under 25 | 3.3% | 5.6% | 1.2% | 2.35 | .126 |
| 25–34 | 60.8% | 54.9% | 65.9% | 1.91 | .168 |
| Older than 34 | 35.9% | 39.4% | 32.9% | 0.70 | .403 |
| Work outside home | 47.1% | 38.0% | 54.9% | 4.34 | .037 |
| Living with partner | 93.4% | 90.0% | 96.3% | 2.41 | .121 |
| Income | |||||
| less than 30K | 9.7% | 13.5% | 6.2% | 2.38 | .123 |
| 30K–70K | 63.9% | 56.8% | 70.4% | 3.11 | .078 |
| over 70K | 26.5% | 29.7% | 23.5% | 0.78 | .376 |
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| Target Child | |||||
| Female | 42.6% | 42.3% | 42.9% | .005 | .944 |
a
Two female participants were not the mother of the target child; one was the grandmother and one was an “other” relative.