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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 16.
Published in final edited form as: Child Youth Serv Rev. 2010 Feb 1;32(5):774–782. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2010.01.016

Table 1.

Sample characteristics.

Homeownership status in Year 4
t-test and proportion test
Non-owners
Owners
t/z
Count Mean/% SD Count Mean/% SD
Dependent variables
Parental school involvement 168 0.54 504 0.60 −1.31
Read to child 120 0.63 367 0.57 1.13
Child organized activities 160 0.55 461 0.75 −4.71***
Child screen time 219 12.43 9.89 638 10.67 7.90 2.66**
Child characteristics
Boy 219 0.49 0.50 638 0.54 0.50 −1.10
Child age 219 9.22 638 8.89 1.01
Demographics
Male 219 0.24 638 0.56 −8.12***
Age 219 33.18 8.47 638 32.27 7.52 1.49
Race (white)
 Black 219 0.42 638 0.16 8.06***
 Hispanic 219 0.18 638 0.19 −0.33
 Other 219 0.03 638 0.03 −0.07
Education (less than HS)
 HS graduate 219 0.35 638 0.26 2.45*
 Some college 219 0.40 638 0.37 0.85
 College grad or more 219 0.11 638 0.26 −4.44***
Single 219 0.56 638 0.22 9.58***
Number of adults in HH 219 1.79 0.81 638 1.95 0.57 −3.12**
Number of children in HH 219 1.88 0.93 638 2.02 0.97 −1.87
Decile of income 217 3.09 2.20 629 6.16 2.61 −15.52***
Own a checking account 219 0.71 638 0.96 −10.33***
Own a credit card 219 0.33 638 0.78 −12.22***
Own a savings account 219 0.52 638 0.78 −7.47***
Hours child cared for by other 219 5.15 11.82 638 5.77 11.21 −0.70
Employed 219 0.69 638 0.91 −7.84***
Financial stress
Visit/call from collection 219 0.57 638 0.27 8.18***
Ever bankrupt 219 0.03 638 0.03 −0.18
Took payday loan 219 0.13 638 0.04 4.54***
Tract characteristics
Percent homeownership 219 0.60 0.22 638 0.70 0.16 −7.38***
Population density 219 3333.16 4701.41 638 2277.32 3246.89 3.67***
Housing cost ratio 219 203.66 62.83 638 204.53 56.02 −0.19
***

p<0.01,

**

p<0.05,

*

p<0.1.