Table 1.
General Characteristics of All Study Participants by Global Executive Composite Score Median Split.
| All n = 101 |
Higher Global Executive Composite Score (Higher EF Problems) n = 50 |
Lower Global Executive Composite Score (Lower EF Problems) n = 51 |
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| Age (years) | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
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| 4.24 | 0.74 | 4.22 | 0.79 | 4.26 | 0.68 | |
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| Children | ||||||
| Sex | ||||||
| Female | 53 | 52.5 | 26 | 52.0 | 27 | 52.9 |
| Male | 48 | 47.5 | 24 | 48.0 | 24 | 47.1 |
| Child Attends | ||||||
| Daycare | 53 | 52.5 | 23 | 46.0 | 30 | 58.8 |
| Preschool | 38 | 37.6 | 21 | 42.0 | 17 | 33.3 |
| Kindergarten | 10 | 9.9 | 6 | 12.0 | 4 | 7.8 |
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| Age (years) | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
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| 34.25 | 5.01 | 34.11 | 6.55 | 34.83 | 5.45 | |
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| Parents | ||||||
| Relationship with child | ||||||
| Mother | 98 | 97.0 | 49 | 98.0 | 49 | 96.1 |
| Father | 3 | 3.0 | 1 | 2.0 | 2 | 3.9 |
| Marital Status | ||||||
| Married | 69 | 68.3 | 34 | 68.0 | 35 | 68.6 |
| Single | 6 | 5.9 | 3 | 6.0 | 3 | 5.9 |
| Divorced | 5 | 5.0 | 2 | 4.0 | 3 | 5.9 |
| Widowed | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Separated | 9 | 8.9 | 5 | 10.0 | 4 | 7.8 |
| Common Law | 11 | 10.9 | 5 | 10.0 | 6 | 11.8 |
| Level of Education | ||||||
| 1st to 8th grade | 35 | 34.7 | 13 | 26.0 | 22 | 43.1 |
| 9th to 12th grade | 26 | 25.7 | 15 | 30.0 | 11 | 21.6 |
| Vocational or some college | 28 | 27.7 | 16 | 32.0 | 12 | 23.5 |
| College graduate | 10 | 9.9 | 6 | 12.0 | 4 | 7.8 |
| Graduate or professional school | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 3.9 |
| Born in Canada | ||||||
| Yes | 94 | 93.1 | 47 | 94.0 | 47 | 92.2 |
| No | 7 | 6.9 | 3 | 6.0 | 4 | 7.8 |
Note. EF = executive functions.