Table 3.
Caregiver and child characteristics by placement status and cocaine group.
| 9-year current caregiver demographics | PCE: biological/relative (n=131)
|
PCE: adopt/foster (n=39)
|
NCE (n=162)
|
F/Χa | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |||
| Home score | 42.52 | 7.53 | 44.08 | 5.00 | 43.82 | 6.38 | 1.61 | 0.20 |
| Education statusa,b.c | 11.89 | 1.77 | 13.49 | 2.45 | 12.53 | 1.68 | 12.18 | <0.0001 |
| PPVT Scoreb.c | 77.57 | 15.04 | 89.11 | 15.80 | 80.05 | 15.92 | 7.15 | 0.0009 |
| Design scale score | 7.01 | 1.90 | 7.06 | 3.15 | 7.34 | 2.13 | 0.84 | 0.43 |
| Picture completion scale score | 7.10 | 2.24 | 6.63 | 2.90 | 7.06 | 2.35 | 0.30 | 0.74 |
| GSI score | 0.36 | 0.38 | 0.24 | 0.29 | 0.39 | 0.51 | 1.92 | 0.15 |
| Cigarettes per daya.b | 6.89 | 7.36 | 2.39 | 5.80 | 3.97 | 6.74 | 8.88 | 0.0002 |
| Alcohol dose per week | 1.27 | 2.69 | 0.26 | 0.71 | 1.07 | 3.31 | 1.67 | 0.19 |
| Marijuana dose per week | 0.43 | 2.73 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.32 | 1.90 | 0.58 | 0.56 |
| Cocaine dose per week | 0.01 | 0.14 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.81 | 0.45 |
| Child 2 years and/or 4-years lead levelc.d | 7.11 | 4.09 | 5.84 | 3.54 | 8.07 | 4.54 | 3.59 | 0.03 |
| 2 yrs and/or 4 yrs Lead Level (>10 ug/dL)d, n (%) | 22 | 9.82 | 2 | 7.69 | 35 | 26.92 | 5.227 | 0.073 |
a
CE: biological/relative vs. NCE, p<0.05.
b
CE: biological/relative vs. CE: adopted/foster, p<0.05.
c
CE: adopted/foster vs. NCE, p<0.05.
d
Sub-sample size included 111 CE: biological/relative, 26 CE: adopt/foster, 130 NCE. 586