Table A2. Demographic characteristics of children in FDK and HDK, by outcomes for the entire sample prior to matching, school divisions 1 and 2.
| Descriptive of kids | Grade 3 | Grade 7 | Grade 8 | Grade 9 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before matching | PS matching | Before matching | PS matching | Before matching | PS matching | Before matching | PS matching | |||||||||||
| FDK count (%) | HDK count (%) | FDK count (%) | HDK count (%) | FDK count (%) | HDK count (%) | FDK count (%) | HDK count(%) | FDK count (%) | HDK count(%) | FDK count (%) | HDK count(%) | FDK count (%) | HDK count(%) | FDK count (%) | HDK count (%) | |||
| Number of moves (years) | ≤2 | 210 (71.67) | 1261 (82.04) | 206 (72.54) | 658 (75.72) | 416 (74.42) | 1749 (82.81) | 406 (74.63) | 1000 (77.10) | 353 (72.78) | 3592 (82.94) | 347 (73.05) | 1409 (73.27) | 148 (65.78) | 3510 (81.95) | 148 (66.07) | 722 (68.11) | |
| >2 | 83 (28.33) | 276 (17.96) | 78 (27.46) | 211 (24.28) | 143 (25.58) | 363 (17.19) | 138 (25.37) | 297 (22.90) | 132 (27.22) | 739 (17.06) | 128 (26.95) | 514 (26.73) | 77 (34.22) | 773 (18.05) | 76 (33.93) | 338 (31.89) | ||
| p-value | <0.0001 | 0.28 | <0.0001 | 0.26 | <0.0001 | 0.92 | <0.0001 | 0.55 | ||||||||||
| Sex | Male | 164 (55.97) | 788 (51.27) | 158 (55.63) | 468 (53.86) | 314 (56.17) | 1064 (50.38) | 306 (56.25) | 703 (54.20) | 266 (54.85) | 2174 (50.20) | 259 (54.53) | 1003 (52.16) | 112 (49.78) | 2157 (50.36) | 112 (50.00) | 554 (52.26) | |
| Female | 129 (44.03) | 749 (48.73) | 126 (44.37) | 401 (46.14) | 245 (43.83) | 1048 (49.62) | 238 (43.75) | 594 (45.80) | 219 (45.15) | 2157 (49.80) | 216 (45.47) | 920 (47.84) | 113 (50.22) | 2126 (49.64) | 112 (50.00) | 506 (47.74) | ||
| p-value | 0.14 | 0.60 | <0.05 | 0.42 | 0.05 | 0.35 | 0.86 | 0.54 | ||||||||||
| Mother's marital status (at kindergarten start date) | Married | 98 (33.68) | 827 (53.98) | 98 (34.51) | 342 (39.36) | 274 (49.28) | 1271 (60.35) | 273 (50.18) | 692 (53.35) | 236 (48.86) | 2672 (61.88) | 235 (49.47) | 982 (51.07) | 99 (44.00) | 2693 (63.16) | 99 (44.20) | 483 (45.57) | |
| Not married | 193 (66.32) | 705 (46.02) | 186 (65.49) | 527 (60.64) | 282 (50.72) | 835 (39.65) | 271 (49.82) | 605 (46.65) | 247 (51.14) | 1646 (38.12) | 240 (50.53) | 941 (48.93) | 126 (56.00) | 1571 (36.84) | 125 (55.80) | 577 (54.43) | ||
| p-value | <0.0001 | 0.14 | <0.0001 | 0.21 | <0.0001 | 0.53 | <0.0001 | 0.71 | ||||||||||
| Income quintile | Q1 (lowest) | 87 (29.69) | 161 (10.47) | 82 (28.87) | 140 (16.11) | 127 (22.72) | 287 (13.59) | 120 (22.06) | 243 (18.74) | 109 (22.47) | 421 (9.72) | 102 (21.47) | 331 (17.21) | 65 (28.89) | 417 (9.74) | 64 (28.57) | 249 (23.49) | |
| Q2 | 89 (30.38) | 310 (20.17) | 88 (30.99) | 249 (28.65) | 205 (36.67) | 499 (23.63) | 198 (36.40) | 363 (27.99) | 192 (39.59) | 903 (20.85) | 190 (40.00) | 550 (28.60) | 116 (51.56) | 914 (21.34) | 116 (51.79) | 367 (34.62) | ||
| Q3 | 70 (23.89) | 410 (26.68) | 68 (23.94) | 239 (27.50) | 128 (22.90) | 409 (19.37) | 127 (23.35) | 254 (19.58) | 106 (21.86) | 1033 (23.85) | 105 (22.11) | 463 (24.08) | 31 (13.78) | 1037 (24.21) | 31 (13.84) | 252 (23.77) | ||
| Q4 | 33 (11.26) | 503 (32.73) | 33 (11.62) | 203 (23.36) | 67 (11.99) | 576 (27.27) | 67 (12.32) | 299 (23.05) | 53 (10.93) | 1294 (29.88) | 53 (11.16) | 429 (22.31) | 9 (4.00) | 1261 (29.44) | 9 (4.02) | 150 (14.15) | ||
| Q5 (highest) | 14 (4.78) | 153 (9.95) | 13 (4.58) | 38 (4.37) | 32 (5.72) | 341 (16.15) | 32 (5.88) | 138 (10.64) | 25 (5.15) | 680 (15.70) | 25 (5.26) | 150 (7.80) | 4 (1.78) | 654 (15.27) | 4 (1.79) | 42 (3.96) | ||
| p-value | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | ||||||||||
| Income assistance | Yes | 124 (42.32) | 269 (17.50) | 119 (41.90) | 259 (29.80) | 208 (37.21) | 438 (20.74) | 196 (36.03) | 381 (29.38) | 189 (38.97) | 851 (19.65) | 182 (38.32) | 627 (32.61) | 99 (44.00) | 881 (20.57) | 98 (43.75) | 437 (41.23) | |
| No | 169 (57.68) | 1268 (82.50) | 165 (58.10) | 610 (70.20) | 351 (62.79) | 1674 (79.26) | 348 (63.97) | 916 (70.62) | 296 (61.03) | 3480 (80.35) | 293 (61.68) | 1296 (67.39) | 126 (56.00) | 3402 (79.43) | 126 (56.25) | 623 (58.77) | ||
| p-value | <0.0001 | <0.001 | <0.0001 | <0.01 | <0.0001 | <0.05 | <0.0001 | 0.49 | ||||||||||
| Children in care/protective services | Yes | 62 (21.16) | 166 (10.80) | 59 (20.77) | 139 (16.00) | 124 (22.18) | 304 (14.39) | 116 (21.32) | 227 (17.50) | 105 (21.65) | 553 (12.77) | 98 (20.63) | 340 (17.68) | 41 (18.22) | 582 (13.59) | 41 (18.30) | 194 (18.30) | |
| No | 231 (78.84) | 1371 (89.20) | 225 (79.23) | 730 (84.00) | 435 (77.82) | 1808 (85.61) | 428 (78.68) | 1070 (82.50) | 380 (78.35) | 3778 (87.23) | 377 (79.37) | 1583 (82.32) | 184 (81.78) | 3701 (86.41) | 183 (81.70) | 866 (81.70) | ||
| p-value | <0.0001 | 0.06 | <0.0001 | 0.05 | <0.0001 | 0.14 | <0.05 | 1.00 | ||||||||||
| EDI domain – not ready in physical health | Yes | 56 (19.11) | 136 (8.85) | 53 (18.66) | 90 (10.36) | |||||||||||||
| No | 237 (80.89) | 1401 (91.15) | 231 (81.34) | 779 (89.64) | ||||||||||||||
| p-value | <0.0001 | <0.001 | ||||||||||||||||
| EDI domain – not ready in emotional maturity | Yes | 47 (16.04) | 178 (11.58) | 45 (15.85) | 96 (11.05) | |||||||||||||
| No | 246 (83.96) | 1359 (88.42) | 239 (84.15) | 773 (88.95) | ||||||||||||||
| p-value | <0.05 | <0.05 | ||||||||||||||||
| EDI domain – not ready in social competence | Yes | 38 (12.97) | 133 (8.65) | 36 (12.68) | 72 (8.29) | |||||||||||||
| No | 255 (87.03) | 1404 (91.35) | 248 (87.32) | 797 (91.71) | ||||||||||||||
| p-value | <0.05 | <0.05 | ||||||||||||||||
| EDI domain – not ready in language development | Yes | 25 (8.53) | 108 (7.03) | 23 (8.10) | 53 (6.10) | |||||||||||||
| No | 268 (91.47) | 1429 (92.97) | 261 (91.90) | 816 (93.90) | ||||||||||||||
| p-value | 0.36 | 0.24 | ||||||||||||||||
| EDI domain – not ready in communication skills | Yes | 27 (9.22) | 143 (9.30) | 25 (8.80) | 74 (8.52) | |||||||||||||
| No | 266 (90.78) | 1394 (90.70) | 259 (91.20) | 795 (91.48) | ||||||||||||||
| p-value | 0.96 | 0.88 | ||||||||||||||||
| Grade 3 | Grade 7 | Grade 8 | Grade 9 | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before matching | PS matching | Before matching | PS matching | Before matching | PS matching | Before matching | PS matching | ||||||||||||
| FDK | No FDK | FDK | No FDK | FDK | No FDK | FDK | No FDK | FDK | No FDK | FDK | No FDK | FDK | No FDK | FDK | No FDK | ||||
| Socioeconomic factor index (SEFI) 2 | N | 292 | 1534 | 284 | 869 | 559 | 2112 | 544 | 1297 | 485 | 4330 | 475 | 1923 | 225 | 4283 | 224 | 1060 | ||
| Mean | 0.26 | −0.25 | 0.25 | 0.03 | 0.18 | −0.11 | 0.16 | 0.10 | 0.18 | −0.25 | 0.16 | 0.09 | 0.39 | −0.25 | 0.38 | 0.32 | |||
| Standard deviation | 0.75 | 0.74 | 0.75 | 0.73 | 0.77 | 0.85 | 0.76 | 0.85 | 0.72 | 0.79 | 0.70 | 0.78 | 0.65 | 0.80 | 0.64 | 0.77 | |||
| Minimum | −2.34 | −2.27 | −2.34 | −2.04 | −3.73 | −2.51 | −3.73 | −2.51 | −1.49 | −3.94 | −1.49 | −2.51 | −1.49 | −3.94 | −1.49 | −1.73 | |||
| Maximum | 2.99 | 4.57 | 2.99 | 4.57 | 3.41 | 3.55 | 3.41 | 3.55 | 3.41 | 3.55 | 3.41 | 3.55 | 2.38 | 3.55 | 2.38 | 3.41 | |||
| p-value | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | 0.11 | <0.0001 | <0.05 | <0.0001 | 0.26 | |||||||||||
| Mother's age at first birth (years) | N | 291 | 1533 | 284 | 869 | 556 | 2110 | 544 | 1297 | 483 | 4322 | 475 | 1923 | 225 | 4268 | 224 | 1060 | ||
| Mean | 22.92 | 25.67 | 23.01 | 23.89 | 23.70 | 25.79 | 23.82 | 24.52 | 23.84 | 26.00 | 23.94 | 24.54 | 23.58 | 25.78 | 23.59 | 23.89 | |||
| Standard deviation | 5.37 | 5.51 | 5.39 | 5.45 | 5.39 | 5.59 | 5.38 | 5.49 | 5.50 | 5.31 | 5.48 | 5.47 | 5.50 | 5.26 | 5.51 | 5.57 | |||
| Minimum | 15.00 | 14.00 | 15.00 | 15.00 | 14.00 | 13.00 | 14.00 | 13.00 | 14.00 | 14.00 | 14.00 | 14.00 | 14.00 | 14.00 | 14.00 | 14.00 | |||
| Maximum | 42.00 | 43.00 | 42.00 | 43.00 | 39.00 | 45.00 | 39.00 | 45.00 | 39.00 | 45.00 | 39.00 | 45.00 | 39.00 | 45.00 | 39.00 | 45.00 | |||
| p-value | <0.0001 | <0.05 | <0.0001 | <0.05 | <0.0001 | <0.05 | <0.0001 | 0.47 | |||||||||||
| Child's age (months) | N | 293 | 1537 | 284 | 869 | 559 | 2112 | 544 | 1297 | 485 | 4331 | 475 | 1923 | 225 | 4283 | 224 | 1060 | ||
| Mean | 62.67 | 62.61 | 62.66 | 62.75 | 62.85 | 62.59 | 62.88 | 62.70 | 62.87 | 62.63 | 62.86 | 62.66 | 62.68 | 62.63 | 62.71 | 62.75 | |||
| Standard deviation | 3.33 | 3.25 | 3.33 | 3.27 | 3.44 | 3.33 | 3.43 | 3.30 | 3.47 | 3.31 | 3.48 | 3.30 | 3.50 | 3.34 | 3.50 | 3.29 | |||
| Minimum | 57.00 | 57.00 | 57.00 | 57.00 | 57.00 | 57.00 | 57.00 | 57.00 | 57.00 | 57.00 | 57.00 | 57.00 | 57.00 | 57.00 | 57.00 | 57.00 | |||
| Maximum | 68.00 | 68.00 | 68.00 | 68.00 | 68.00 | 68.00 | 68.00 | 68.00 | 68.00 | 68.00 | 68.00 | 68.00 | 68.00 | 68.00 | 68.00 | 68.00 | |||
| p-value | 0.77 | 0.70 | 0.11 | 0.29 | 0.15 | 0.25 | 0.83 | 0.88 | |||||||||||