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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Early Child Res Q. 2020 Jan 17;51:366–378. doi: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2019.12.005

Table 1.

Participant Demographics

                         
Total TD LT
(N = 408) (n = 249) (n = 159) t df Cohen’s da
                         
Parents’ education in years completed
                         
 Mother (M, SD) 15.68 2.38 15.66 2.24 15.73 2.48 0.13 389 0.03
                         
 Father (M, SD) 15.66 2.69 15.99 2.68 15.51 2.69 2.39* 389 0.18
                         
Parents’ age at child’s birth in years
                         
 Mother (M, SD) 31.49 5.60 31.99 5.49 30.91 5.58 2.40* 401 0.18
                         
 Father (M, SD) 33.73 6.37 34.09 6.23 33.31 6.40 1.54 390 0.12
                         
                         
x2 df Cramer’s V
                         
Males (%) 63 60 68 2.72 1 .08
                         
Race (%) 1.18 4 .10
                         
 White 78 79 75
                         
 Black 12 12 12
                         
 Asian 4 3 5
                         
 Other 6 6 8
                         
Ethnicity (%) 2.93 1 .09
                         
 Hispanic 4 3 6
                         

Note. TD=Typically developing. LT=Late talker.

a

Effect size Cohen’s d ≥ .20 is small, .50 is medium, and .80 is large. Effect size Cramer’s V ≥ .10 is small, .30 is medium, and, .50 is large (Cohen, 1988).

*

p<.05;

**

p<.01;

***

p<.001