Table 2.
Characteristic | Intervention | Control | ||||||
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n | Mean | SE | n | Mean | SE | F* | P* | |
Child age (at baseline) | 161 | 4.50 | 0.07 | 161 | 4.53 | 0.06 | 0.096 | 0.757 |
SOCIOECONOMIC INFORMATIONa | ||||||||
Parent education levelb | 169 | 6.08c | 0.21 | 167 | 6.04c | 0.19 | 0.002 | 0.961 |
Parent occupation backgroundb | 169 | 2.92d | 0.17 | 170 | 2.89d | 0.17 | 0.003 | 0.955 |
Housinge | 166 | 8.64 | 0.14 | 167 | 8.95 | 0.14 | 2.288 | 0.131 |
Overcrowding conditionsf | 168 | 5.65 | 0.18 | 169 | 6.07 | 0.16 | 3.591 | 0.059 |
LIFE STRESSORS AND SOCIAL RESOURCESg | ||||||||
Physical health | 125 | −49.38 | 0.88 | 129 | −50.22 | 0.84 | 0.479 | 0.489 |
Housing stressors | 127 | −60.14 | 1.13 | 131 | −58.79 | 1.12 | 0.728 | 0.394 |
Economic stressors | 127 | −65.71 | 0.63 | 131 | −64.17 | 0.76 | 2.442 | 0.119 |
Working stressors | 68 | −48.40 | 0.79 | 69 | −50.06 | 1.04 | 1.606 | 0.207 |
Couple stressors | 103 | −55.77 | 0.90 | 108 | −56.35 | 0.84 | 0.227 | 0.634 |
Child stressors | 125 | −67.89 | 0.92 | 131 | −66.96 | 0.85 | 0.548 | 0.460 |
Family stressors | 112 | −46.99 | 0.84 | 116 | −47.68 | 1.00 | 0.276 | 0.600 |
Friends and social life stressors | 107 | −46.55 | 0.94 | 108 | −45.52 | 0.83 | 0.682 | 0.410 |
Negative life events | 127 | −55.36 | 1.08 | 130 | −54.49 | 1.05 | 0.331 | 0.565 |
Economic resources | 126 | 38.36 | 0.07 | 130 | 38.50 | 0.09 | 1.484 | 0.224 |
Working resources | 68 | 50.54 | 0.38 | 72 | 50.03 | 0.44 | 0.767 | 0.383 |
Couple resources | 103 | 55.14 | 0.61 | 107 | 54.97 | 0.63 | 0.035 | 0.851 |
Child resources | 125 | 65.95 | 0.47 | 130 | 65.94 | 0.52 | 0.000 | 0.985 |
Family resources | 112 | 49.39 | 0.71 | 117 | 47.86 | 0.79 | 2.072 | 0.151 |
Friends and social life resources | 105 | 49.96 | 0.98 | 107 | 47.28 | 1.23 | 2.879 | 0.091 |
Positive life events | 127 | 48.77 | 0.77 | 130 | 50.74 | 0.77 | 3.274 | 0.072 |
aSocioeconomic information was obtained for most cases (this is the reason for the higher sample sizes in those variables).
Highest educational and occupational levels reached by parents.
Incomplete secondary school level.
Non-skilled worker.
Scale range: 3–12 points, with higher scores for better housing conditions.
Scale range: 0–9 points, with higher scores for better conditions.
T-scores from each item evaluated in the Life Stressors and Social Resources Inventory (LISRES).
Univariate ANOVA was performed for each variable.