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. 2020 Sep 29;11:569854. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.569854

TABLE 1.

Characteristics of schools, classes, and children in each study condition.

Characteristics Intervention group
Control group
Mean (SD) Mean (SD)
School-level characteristics
 Number of schools 4 4
 Number of students 22.25 (6.95) 25.00 (10.42)
 Socioeconomic status1 4 5
Class-level characteristics (K2)
 Number of students 6.79 (0.98) 7.57 (1.45)
 Number of classes (and teachers) 14 14
 Teachers, years of teaching 18.54 (9.58) 17.42 (13.85)
 Teachers, gender (female, %) 100% 100%
Child-level characteristics, entire sample (N = 189)
 Socioeconomic status (ISEI)2 53.44 (23.02) 55.31 (21.91)
 Gender (female, %) 45% 44%
 Second language learners (%)3 46% 38%
Child-level characteristics, subgroup low oral language (n = 63)
 Socioeconomic status (ISEI)2 41.67 (21.09) 42.90 (20.49)
 Gender (female, %) 54% 44%
 Second language learners (%)3 84% 75%

K2 = second year of kindergarten; 1average ISEI of municipality: 1 = 35 ≤ 40, 2 = 40 ≤ 45, 3 = 45 ≤ 50, 4 = 50 ≤ 55, 5 = 55 ≤ 60, 6 = 60 ≤ 65; 2ISEI, International Socio-Economic Index of occupational status; 3second language learners are defined here as children for whom Luxembourgish was not the dominant home language.