Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics for Variables in Propensity Score Model: Head Start and Parental Care Groups.

Variables	Attended Head Start			Received Parental Care			Effect Sizes Std.
	N (Total N=1701)	Mean (%)	SD	N (Total N=3362)	Mean (%)	SD	Mean Diff.
Gender (Female)	1701	52.3%	0.50	3362	47.6%	0.50	0.10
Race (Asian)	1694	6.6%	0.25	3337	7.4%	0.26	0.03
Race (Black)	1694	36.6%	0.48	3337	11.3%	0.32	0.53*
Race (Hispanic)	1694	22.9%	0.42	3337	26.8%	0.44	0.09
Race (White)	1694	39.6%	0.49	3337	63.3%	0.48	0.49*
Child has a disability	1701	18.9%	0.39	3362	12.0%	0.33	0.18
Mother Race (Asian)	1654	6.3%	0.24	3304	6.9%	0.25	0.03
Mother Race (Black)	1654	34.8%	0.48	3304	10.3%	0.30	0.51*
Mother Race (Hispanic)	1654	21.5%	0.41	3304	24.9%	0.43	0.08
Mother Race (white)	1654	39.5%	0.49	3304	63.6%	0.48	0.49*
Mother was married at child’s birth	1515	44.4%	0.50	3146	71.0%	0.45	0.54*
Mother worked before child entered kindergarten	1572	60.3%	0.49	3236	52.7%	0.50	0.16
Mother Education (categorical)	1673	3.16	1.36	3327	3.57	1.69	0.30*
Family Type (two parent)	1621	60.5%	0.49	3294	82.7%	0.38	0.45*
Family size	1701	4.90	1.81	3362	4.93	1.56	0.02
Mother employed more 35 hours	1701	34.5%	0.48	3362	24.6%	0.43	0.21*
Mother looking for work	1701	10.1%	0.30	3362	5.3%	0.22	0.16
Mother not in labor force	1701	35.3%	0.48	3362	49.4%	0.50	0.30*
Home language (English)	1697	80.8%	0.39	3354	78.0%	0.41	0.07
Below poverty line	1701	46.7%	0.50	3362	26.1%	0.44	0.41*
Socio-economic status (SES; categorical)	1701	1.94	1.08	3362	2.60	1.37	0.61*

^*Standardized effect sizes greater than 0.2.