. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 17.

Published in final edited form as: Lang Var Change. 2011 May 16;23(1):45–86. doi: 10.1017/S0954394510000219

TABLE 1.

Distribution of participants into age and gender groups.

Dialect region	Age group	Number and gender	Age range (years)	Mean age (s.d) (years)
OH	C	16 M, 16 F	8–12	10.6 (1.6)
	P	12 M, 16 F	35–51	42.0 (4.6)
	GP	9 M, 9 F	68–87	70.2 (2.3)
WI	C	15 M, 16 F	8–12	9.5 (1.1)
	P	14 M, 16 F	36–50	44.1 (4.5)
	GP	9 M, 9 F	68–90	76.8 (6.2)
NC	C	16 M, 16 F	8–12	10.5 (1.2)
	P	16 M, 16 F	35–51	43.2 (4.9)
	GP	9 M, 9 F	66–91	73.1 (7.1)

OH = Ohio, WI = Wisconsin, NC = North Carolina, C = children, P = parents, GP = grandparents, M = male, F = female.