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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 21.
Published in final edited form as: Child Youth Serv Rev. 2009 Nov 1;32(8):1054–1063. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2009.10.019

Table 4.

Adjusted Program Group Means and Marginal Effects for NonCognitive Outcomes

Indicator Preschool
group		 Comparison
group		 Marginal
effects		 p-value Effect
size
Classroom adjustment (ages 7–9) 19.41 18.56 .85 .002 0.176
Classroom adjustment (ages 10–12) 18.91 18.39 .52 .088 0.106
Classroom adjustment (ages 9–12) 18.91 18.53 .38 .153 0.083
Perceived competence (ages 9–10) .025 −.047 .072 .276 0.072
Perceived competence (ages 9–12) .035 −.066 .101 .109 0.101
Intrinsic Motivation to Learn (ages 9–12) .014 −.014 .028 .574 0.036
Troublemaking behavior (ages 9–12) −.011 .086 −.097 .044 0.122
Acting out behavior (ages 12–13) 14.09 18.69 −4.6 .083 0.187
Assertive social skills (ages 12–13) 15.64 15.11 .53 .086 0.121
Peer social skills (ages 12–13) 16.92 16.24 .68 .043 0.144
Task orientation (ages 12–13) 14.60 13.93 .67 .055 0.128
If student report of expect college (ages 10–15) 81.73 80.23 1.5 .588 0.055
School commitment (ages 11–15) 51.01 50.01 1.00 .007 0.176
Any delinquency, % 14.57 21.57 −7.0 .003 0.268
Parent participation average or above (ages 7–12) 2.04 1.80 .24 .005 0.161

Note. Adjusted for gender, race, single parent status, maternal education, mother was a teen parent, number of children, TANF, free lunch, mother unemployment, income60, missing of individual indicators, child welfare history by age 4, and follow-on participation.