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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Early Child Res Q. 2015 2nd Quarter;31:147–162. doi: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2015.01.006

Table 2.

Percentage (& Number of Cases) of Sample Demographic Characteristics by Condition

Experimental
(N= 111)
Control
(N= 105)
Tχ/2 p
Child
Characteristics
Total Mean Age
(months)
in September
48.59 48.94 T = .65 .516
Age χ2(2) = 2.16 .334
 3-year-olds 43% (48) 43% (45)
 4-year-olds 52% (58) 48% (50)
 5-year-olds 5% (5) 10% (10)
Gender χ2(1) = l.19 .274
 Boys 47% (52) 54% (57)
 Girls 53% (57) 46% (48)
Race/Ethnicity χ2(3) = 4.89 .180
 Non-Hispanic White 43% (45) 55% (54)
 Hispanic 25% (26) 24% (23)
 African American 31% (32) 18% (18)
 Other 2% (2) 3% (3)
Language χ2(1) = .37 .541
 English only 91% (95) 93% (91)
 Bilingual 10% (10) 7% (7)
Family Characteristics
Household Structure χ2(1) = 7.33 .007
 Single Parent 72% (76) 54% (53)
 Both Parents 28% (29) 46% (45)
Siblings χ2 (2) =6.66 .036
 0 35% (37) 34% (33)
 1-2 52% (55) 63% (62)
 ≥3 12% (13) 3% (3)
Head Start Eligibility χ2(1) = .81 .368
 Yes 62% (65) 56% (54)

Note. Demographic data were missing for up to 10% of children for some variables