TABLE 2.
Descriptive statistics on outcome variables before and after school closures
|
Before school closures M (SD) |
After school closures M (SD) |
χ 2 or t | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food insecurity (%) | |||
| Worry about running out of food | 33.5 | 38.7 | 85.0*** |
| Parent ate less than should | 22.5 | 22.2 | 0.24 |
| Child ate less than should | 9.95 | 10.0 | 0.04 |
| Parent or child skipped meal | 11.2 | 12.8 | 14.2*** |
| Sum of food insecurity questions (0–4) | 0.77 (1.00) | 0.84 (1.00) | 27.0** |
| Parent mood (1–3) | |||
| How much of day worried/depressed | 1.47 (0.44) | 1.59 (0.44) | 153.1*** |
| How much of day angry | 1.32 (0.34) | 1.37 (0.34) | 35.9*** |
| Parenting behavior (%) | |||
| Lost temper with child | 5.90 | 7.28 | 11.4*** |
| Punished child | 5.17 | 5.67 | 1.65 |
| Child behavior (1–4) | |||
| How much of day child sad | 1.19 (0.31) | 1.25 (0.31) | 51.8*** |
| How much of day child uncooperative | 1.46 (0.48) | 1.45 (0.48) | 1.46 |
| Pack pickup (%) | 62.7 | 32.0 | 10.2*** |
| N | 235–244 | ||
**
p < .01.
***
p < .001.