Table 2.
Child and Family Characteristics for Children in Each of the Three Focal Groups
| Measures | Focal Group
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| Down Syndrome | MA-Match | CA-Match | ||||
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| M or % | SD | M or % | SD | M or % | SD | |
| Child Demographics | ||||||
| Age (years) | 5.62 | .60 | 3.21 | .35 | 5.61 | .60 |
| Gender (% male) | 48.15 | 48.15 | 48.15 | |||
| Ethnicity (% Caucasian)a | 81.48 | 81.48 | 85.19 | |||
| Family Demographics | ||||||
| Family Social Statusb | 49.00 | 11.00 | 56.58 | 7.74 | 55.89 | 6.74 |
| Mother’s Age (years) | 39.12 | 5.88 | 36.98 | 3.88 | 39.17 | 5.32 |
| Marital Status (% partnered) | 96.30 | 100.00 | 96.30 | |||
| Grade in School | ||||||
| Preschool/Child Care (%) | 51.85 | 100.00 | 44.44 | |||
| Kindergarten (%) | 48.15 | .00 | 44.44 | |||
| First Grade (%) | .00 | .00 | 11.11 | |||
| Child Developmental Characteristics | ||||||
| Full Scale IQc | 60.59x | 10.10 | 108.52y | 8.08 | 111.30y | 7.57 |
| Mental Agec | 3.37x | .50 | 3.48x | 0.40 | 6.23y | .62 |
| Total Languaged | 55.67x | 8.18 | 122.93y | 10.79 | 120.04y | 9.74 |
| Adaptive Behavior Compositee | 64.19x | 10.82 | 116.00y | 11.78 | 109.78z | 9.74 |
| Total Behavior Problemsf | 57.07x | 6.85 | 47.89y | 10.32 | 48.35y | 9.91 |
a
Hispanic, 2.5%; Asian 8.6%; and Native American 1.2%.
b
Hollingshead Four-Factor Index of Social Status;
c
Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale – Fifth Edition;
d
Preschool Language Scale – Fourth Edition, standard scores;
e
Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales, standard scores;
f
Child Behavior Checklist, T-scores.
Note. For each measure, groups with the same superscript did not differ significantly from one another whereas significant differences existed when superscripts differed.