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Published in final edited form as: Early Child Res Q. 2012 Dec 20;28(2):218–233. doi: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2012.12.004

Table 6.

Associations between the Arnett CIS Measures and caregiver/teacher characteristics

	Homes (2-year sample)	Centers (4-year sample)
Categorical Caregiver/Teacher characteristics means on Arnett CIS Measure and t-test between subgroups
	M	M
Gender
Male	.29	.85_d
Female	.21	.35_d
Race-ethnicity
Hispanic	−.04_a	.48_e
Non-Hispanic, Black	−.05_b	.18_efg
Non-Hispanic, White	.39_ab	.38_f
Non-Hispanic, Other	.32	.46_g
Certification ^a
No certification	.19_c	n/a
Certification	.41_c	n/a
Continuous Caregiver/Teacher characteristics and Pearson correlations
Age	.01	.08^*
Experience (years)	.01	.02
Education	.24^*	.20^*
Certification ^b	n/a	.11^*
Group size	−.10^*	.06
Child:caregiver ratio	−.07	−.05

Note. n = 650 at 2 years. n = 1000 at 4 years. n/a = not applicable. a–g values with the same subscript letters differ significantly at p < .05.

Certification at 2 years is a dichotomous indicator of any certificates in early childhood education or related fields (other areas of education, nursing, social work, or psychology).

Certification at 4 years is a continuous variable the sum of five indicators of whether the teacher had various coursework or credentials in early childhood education.

p <.05 (Pearson correlation coefficient differs significantly from zero).