Table 3. Demographic characteristics of children in FDK and HDK, by outcomes examined, for matched sample in school divisions 1 and 2.
| Variables | Grade 3 | p-value | Grade 7 | p-value | Grade 8 | p-value | Grade 9 | p-value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FDK count (%) | HDK count (%) | FDK count (%) | HDK count (%) | FDK count (%) | HDK count (%) | FDK count (%) | HDK count (%) | ||||||
| Number of moves (years) | ≤2 | 206 (72.54) | 658 (75.72) | 406 (74.63) | 1000 (77.10) | 347 (73.05) | 1409 (73.27) | 148 (66.07) | 722 (68.11) | ||||
| >2 | 78 (27.46) | 211 (24.28) | 0.28 | 138 (25.37) | 297 (22.90) | 0.26 | 128 (26.95) | 514 (26.73) | 0.92 | 76 (33.93) | 338 (31.89) | 0.55 | |
| Sex | Male | 158 (55.63) | 468 (53.86) | 306 (56.25) | 703 (54.20) | 259 (54.53) | 1003 (52.16) | 112 (50.00) | 554 (52.26) | ||||
| Female | 126 (44.37) | 401 (46.14) | 0.6 | 238 (43.75) | 594 (45.80) | 0.42 | 216 (45.47) | 920 (47.84) | 0.35 | 112 (50.00) | 506 (47.74) | 0.54 | |
| Mother's marital status (at kindergarten start date) | Married | 98 (34.51) | 342 (39.36) | 273 (50.18) | 692 (53.35) | 235 (49.47) | 982 (51.07) | 99 (44.20) | 483 (45.57) | ||||
| Not married | 186 (65.49) | 527 (60.64) | 0.14 | 271 (49.82) | 605 (46.65) | 0.21 | 240 (50.53) | 941 (48.93) | 0.53 | 125 (55.80) | 577 (54.43) | 0.71 | |
| Income quintile | Q1 (lowest) | 82 (28.87) | 140 (16.11) | 120 (22.06) | 243 (18.74) | 102 (21.47) | 331 (17.21) | 64 (28.57) | 249 (23.49) | ||||
| Q2 | 88 (30.99) | 249 (28.65) | 198 (36.40) | 363 (27.99) | 190 (40.00) | 550 (28.60) | 116 (51.79) | 367 (34.62) | |||||
| Q3 | 68 (23.94) | 239 (27.50) | 127 (23.35) | 254 (19.58) | 105 (22.11) | 463 (24.08) | 31 (13.84) | 252 (23.77) | |||||
| Q4 | 33 (11.62) | 203 (23.36) | 67 (12.32) | 299 (23.05) | 53 (11.16) | 429 (22.31) | 9 (4.02) | 150 (14.15) | |||||
| Q5 (highest) | 13 (4.58) | 38 (4.37) | <0.0001 | 32 (5.88) | 138 (10.64) | <0.0001 | 25 (5.26) | 150 (7.80) | <0.0001 | 4 (1.79) | 42 (3.96) | <0.0001 | |
| Income assistance | Yes | 119 (41.90) | 259 (29.80) | 196 (36.03) | 381 (29.38) | 182 (38.32) | 627 (32.61) | 98 (43.75) | 437 (41.23) | ||||
| No | 165 (58.10) | 610 (70.20) | <0.001 | 348 (63.97) | 916 (70.62) | <0.01 | 293 (61.68) | 1296 (67.39) | <0.05 | 126 (56.25) | 623 (58.77) | 0.49 | |
| Children in care/protective services | Yes | 59 (20.77) | 139 (16.00) | 116 (21.32) | 227 (17.50) | 98 (20.63) | 340 (17.68) | 41 (18.30) | 194 (18.30) | ||||
| No | 225 (79.23) | 730 (84.00) | 0.06 | 428 (78.68) | 1070 (82.50) | 0.05 | 377 (79.37) | 1583 (82.32) | 0.14 | 183 (81.70) | 866 (81.70) | 1 | |
| EDI domain – not ready in physical health | Yes | 53 (18.66) | 90 (10.36) | ||||||||||
| No | 231 (81.34) | 779 (89.64) | <0.001 | ||||||||||
| EDI domain – not ready in emotional maturity | Yes | 45 (15.85) | 96 (11.05) | ||||||||||
| No | 239 (84.15) | 773 (88.95) | <0.05 | ||||||||||
| EDI domain – not ready in social competence | Yes | 36 (12.68) | 72 (8.29) | ||||||||||
| No | 248 (87.32) | 797 (91.71) | <0.05 | ||||||||||
| EDI domain – not ready in language development | Yes | 23 (8.10) | 53 (6.10) | ||||||||||
| No | 261 (91.90) | 816 (93.90) | 0.24 | ||||||||||
| EDI domain – not ready in communication skills | Yes | 25 (8.80) | 74 (8.52) | ||||||||||
| No | 259 (91.20) | 795 (91.48) | 0.88 | ||||||||||
| Index of SESa | N | 284 | 869 | 544 | 1297 | 475 | 1923 | 224 | 1060 | ||||
| Mean | 0.25 | 0.03 | 0.16 | 0.10 | 0.16 | 0.09 | 0.38 | 0.32 | |||||
| Standard deviation | 0.75 | 0.73 | 0.0001 | 0.76 | 0.85 | 0.11 | 0.70 | 0.78 | <0.05 | 0.64 | 0.77 | 0.26 | |
| Mother's age at first birth (years) | N | 284 | 869 | 544 | 1297 | 475 | 1923 | 224 | 1060 | ||||
| Mean | 23.01 | 23.89 | 23.82 | 24.52 | 23.94 | 24.54 | 23.59 | 23.89 | |||||
| Standard deviation | 5.39 | 5.45 | <0.05 | 5.38 | 5.49 | <0.05 | 5.48 | 5.47 | <0.05 | 5.51 | 5.57 | 0.47 | |
| Child's age (months) | N | 284 | 869 | 544 | 1297 | 475 | 1923 | 224 | 1060 | ||||
| Mean | 62.66 | 62.75 | 62.88 | 62.70 | 62.86 | 62.66 | 62.71 | 62.75 | |||||
| Standard deviation | 3.33 | 3.27 | 0.7 | 3.43 | 3.30 | 0.29 | 3.48 | 3.30 | 0.25 | 3.50 | 3.29 | 0.88 | |
aLower scores indicate higher SES.