Table 1.

Baseline demographic characteristics for the current study sample and the national Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project sample.

	EHS – 7 sites sample	EHSREP national sample	p
	(n = 1247)	(n = 3001)
	%	%
Family and parent characteristics
Applicant is biological mother	99.8	99.4	0.15
Highest grade completed			0.09~
Less than 12	51.0	47.6
12 or earned a GED	27.9	28.7
More than 12	21.1	23.7
Race and ethnicity			0.00***
White non-Hispanic	45.0	37.2
Black non-Hispanic	19.3	34.7
Hispanic	31.4	23.6
Other (Asian or Pacific Islanders, American Indian, etc.)	4.3	4.6
Primary occupation			0.00***
Employed	22.8	23.4
In school or training program	13.7	21.8
Other unemployed	63.5	54.9
Living arrangements			0.27
Living with a spouse	27.2	25.2
Living with other adults	36.4	38.7
Living with no other adults	36.4	36.1
Household income as a percent of the poverty level (percent)			0.00***
Less than 33	22.2	30.1
33 to 67	41.3	30.9
67 to 99	27.4	25.3
100 or more	9.0	13.8
Characteristics of focus child
Age at random assignment			0.00***
Unborn	31.8	26.7
Less than 5 months	37.3	35.8
5 or more months	30.8	37.5
Female	48.5	47.8	0.70*

^***p < .001.

** p < .01.

^*p < .05.

^~p < .10.