Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of the mothers and children in the study.

	SEC (n = 30)	HEC (n = 51)
Variable	M (SD) or Percentage	M (SD) or Percentage
Mothers
Age in years	28.93 (4.51)	27.44 (4.51)
Education in years	10.9 (1.9)	11.7 (1.5)
Working outside the home	40%	60%
Generational status
Mother first generation to mainland	40%	8%
Mother’s parents first generation to mainland	37%	63%
Mother’s grandparents first generation to mainland	20%	24%
Children
Age (years)	4.78 (.33)	4.83 (.47)

Note. SEC = school English communication; HEC = home English communication.